Book Chapter | From Supply Chains to Cyber Scams: How New Delhi Can Leverage the Quad for Indiaʼs Cyber Interests
| AUTHOR | Lokendra Sharma |
| DATE | July 15, 2026 |
| DOCUMENT | Book Chapter |
| CATEGORIES | Cybersecurity India Indo-Pacific High Tech Geopolitics |
This book chapter argues that the recent spate of cyber scams that have deeply impacted the Quad members and inflamed concerns about supply chain security emerge as the desirable areas for collaboration in the current geopolitical environment that India and other Quad members find themselves in because of Washington’s machinations. The chapter is divided into four primary sections. First, it dwells briefly on the history of cyber cooperation through the Quad grouping. In the next two sections, the argument around how the Quad could work towards securing software supply chains and addressing rising cyber scams is presented. Finally, it discusses in more detail the challenges to Quad’s agenda going forward and why the proposed areas for collaboration work in the current geopolitical environment.
Author: Lokendra Sharma is a staff research analyst with the High-Tech Geopolitics Programme of the Takshashila Institution.
This book chapter was published by the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), New Delhi in July 2026 as part of their special publication titled The Cyber Wonderland: India’s Global Cyber Strategy from New York and Beyond. The PDF version of special publication can be found here.