India is committed to a policy of strategic autonomy, which limits attempts to turn the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD, which unites Australia, India, the United States and Japan) into an Asian equivalent of NATO, president of the Indian analytical center Imagindia Institute Robinder Sachdev told TASS. "India’s commitment to strategic autonomy also constrains any attempt to transform it into an Asian NATO. "India will therefore be very closely watching the direction in which the US wants to take the QUAD," the analyst believes. Sachdev said that the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, as well as another partnership, AUKUS, which includes Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, were not created to counteract Russia. The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue was founded in 2007 as a mechanism for cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region and the Indian Ocean region.