D-10 Strategy Forum

D-10 refers to an initiative by the US Department of State office of policy planning dating back to 2008. It was picked up by the Atlantic Council, which launched an initiative in 2014 to maintain a "rules-based democratic order" under the leadership of ten "leading democracies".^[1]

  Proposed D10 member countries

  European Union countries not otherwise part of the D10

The "D-10" meeting represents over 60% of the people living in democracies around the world.^[2]

The newly minted "Asia Czar" of the United States Department of State, Kurt Campbell, who was portrayed in the press as "a China hawk" and "credited as the architect of the Obama administration's 'pivot to Asia' strategy in 2012", published an article entitled 'How America Can Shore Up Asian Order'. In the article he endorsed the Atlantic Council initiative and subsequent Donald Trump administration proposal to expand the G7 into a larger group of democracies that will be known as the D-10, with the addition of Australia, India^[3] and South Korea,^[4] as "most urgent for questions of trade, technology, supply chains, and standards."^[5]

Members of the D-10 Strategy Forums are as follows:^[6]

•  Australia
•  Canada
•  France
•  Germany
•  Italy
•  Japan
•  South Korea
•  United Kingdom
•  United States
•  European Union

Leaders

• 
  Australia
  Anthony Albanese,
  Prime Minister
• 
  Canada
  Justin Trudeau,
  Prime Minister
• 
  France
  Emmanuel Macron,
  President
• 
  Germany
  Olaf Scholz,
  Chancellor
• 
  Italy
  Giorgia Meloni,
  Prime Minister
• 
  Japan
  Shigeru Ishiba,
  Prime Minister
• 
  South Korea
  Yoon Suk-yeol,
  President
• 
  United Kingdom
  Keir Starmer,
  Prime Minister
• 
  United States
  Joe Biden,
  President
• 
  European Union
  Charles Michel,
  President of the
  European Council
• 
  European Union
  Ursula von der Leyen,
  President of the
  European Commission

References

1. "D-10 Strategy Forum". Atlantic Council.
2. Naomi Canton (18 December 2020). "PM Modi to attend G7 Summit in UK as guest". Times of India.
3. Ishaan Tharoor (18 December 2020). "A D-10 of the G-7 and three other democracies could serve as an allied approach against China". The Washington Post.
4. Fisher, Lucy (28 January 2021). "Britain could join 'Asian Nato' under proposal to expand its membership to counter China". Telegraph Media Group Limited.
5. Campbell, Kurt M.; Doshi, Rush (12 January 2021). "How America Can Shore Up Asian Order A Strategy for Restoring Balance and Legitimacy". Foreign Affairs.
6. "D-10 Strategy Forum". Atlantic Council.

External links

• Patrick Wintour (15 January 2021). "UK plans early G7 virtual meeting and presses ahead with switch to D10". The Guardian.
• Tulika Tandon (17 December 2020). "What is D10 group of countries? Know its importance, India's position and more here". jagran josh.
• Ishaan Tharoor (18 December 2020). "A D-10 of the G-7 and three other democracies could serve as an allied approach against China". The Washington Post.