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We survey the Indo-Pacific understanding of QUAD members using data taken from defence white papers or defence strategy reports from Australia, India, Japan, and the U.S. The data cover from the first mention of the Indo-Pacific to the last published one. In this scope, analyze Australia’s 2013, 2016 Defence White Papers, and 2020 Strategic Updates; India’s 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020 Ministry of Defence’s Annual Reports; Japan’s 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 Defence of Japan Documents[1], and the U.S’, 2017 National Security Strategy, 2018 and 2022 National Defence Strategy Documents. We used a mixed method during the data collection. [1] References are not included in the calculation of the Japanese defence paper.