i would say it's further in cooperation that does extend back to the $198990.00 s office all and joe gail. now in terms of nato's recent designation of china, the systemic challenge. now that's, that's something different. that is something where nato was seeking to reinforce some of its service security partners against what they see as a regional threat. but also, china is operating in europe increasingly so. nato cannot afford to completely disassociate itself from what aging is doing militarily, economically and diplomatically. let's talk about the countries in the region. blake. aside from the u. s. street, the allies, japan, south korea, the philippines. there are a number of other countries, particularly amongst our c on who refused to be drawn into picking aside when it comes to competition with china. how do they react to this increased activity in the region? absolutely, to speaking a state across southeast asia in particular. all those states are very interested in avoiding being drawn into this, you know, this bilateral tension between washington innovation. they both balance,