Indo-Pacific Four

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File:Secretary_Blinken_Attends_IP4_NAC_Meeting_(53849177837).jpg and President Biden attend an Indo-Pacific Four meeting at the 2024 Washington summit in July 2024]]

The Indo-Pacific Four (IP4) are four NATO partners in the Asia–Pacific region: South Korea, Japan, New Zealand, and Australia. All four countries border the western Pacific Ocean: Japan and South Korea in East Asia, Australia and New Zealand in Australasia.{{cite news |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/world/2024/07/501_378436.html |title=US wants to 'institutionalize' grouping of NATO's four Indo-Pacific partners: Campbell |date=11 July 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240706/p2g/00m/0in/016000c |title=4 Asia-Pacific nations, NATO eye cooperation against disinformation |newspaper=Mainichi Daily News |date=6 July 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Indo-Pacific/NATO-to-up-security-links-with-Japan-South-Korea-Australia-NZ |title=NATO to up security links with Japan, South Korea, Australia, NZ }}{{cite news |url=https://insidegovernment.co.nz/pm-chairs-indo-pacific-four-meeting/ |title=PM chairs Indo-Pacific Four meeting |date=12 July 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.usip.org/programs/nato-and-indo-pacific-partners-understanding-views-and-interests |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608044854/https://www.usip.org/programs/nato-and-indo-pacific-partners-understanding-views-and-interests |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 8, 2023 |title=NATO and Indo-Pacific Partners: Understanding Views and Interests }}{{cite news |url=https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/nato-and-its-indo-pacific-partners-choose-practice-over-rhetoric-2023 |title=NATO and its Indo-Pacific Partners Choose Practice over Rhetoric in 2023 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/how-to-institutionalize-natos-cooperation-with-its-closest-pacific-partners/ |title=How to institutionalize NATO's cooperation with its closest Pacific partners }}{{cite news |url=https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/07/whats-behind-natos-tightening-ties-its-indo-pacific-partners |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716051516/https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/07/whats-behind-natos-tightening-ties-its-indo-pacific-partners |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 16, 2023 |title=What's Behind NATO's Tightening Ties with its Indo-Pacific Partners? }}{{cite news |url=https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/paris-plays-spoiler-on-natos-deepening-indo-pacific-ambitions |title=Paris plays spoiler on NATO's deepening Indo-Pacific ambitions }}{{cite news |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/12/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-nato-new-cooperation-agreement/ |title=Japan and NATO usher in new era of cooperation amid China concerns |date=12 July 2023 }}{{cite news |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240715007100315 |title=(Yonhap Interview) Emerging IP4 underscores deeper security alignment beyond region: NZ deputy PM}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/nato-nz-and-the-ip4-whats-behind-the-closer-partnership/LCEFEREDIFA63F5MC3LXCL5TMI/ |title=Nato's gang of four in the Indo Pacific }}{{cite news |url=https://japan.kantei.go.jp/101_kishida/diplomatic/202407/11ip4usa.html |title=Informal Talks among Japan-Australia-New Zealand-ROK (IP4) Leaders and the president of the United States (Summary) }}{{cite news |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240712_03/ |title=Japan, S.Korea, Australia, New Zealand pledge continued support to Ukraine | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News }}{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/nato-japan-south-korea-australia-new-zealand-6c3d9aa6fccc1253ca99ee140073f95c |title=To counter China, NATO and its Asian partners are moving closer under US leadership |date=9 July 2024 }}{{citebomb|date=April 2025}}