musselman from and the sea -- i am from an embassy could not want to thank the heritage foundation for this important topic and excellent panelists. there has been a lot of discussion today and many aspects mentioned regarding the maritime domain awareness. but one aspect that i would like to hear more about regarding your views on the current state as well as the future needs and prospects is the regional and international cooperation in that field. it is great to have your own assets in place and analysis in place, but it makes some sense to also get the information from your neighbors and from the probe because weird things can happen. in europe, there are many initiatives currently in place to actually merge and share data that different countries and different agencies create or choir. for example, in the area that i am more familiar with, the baltic sea area, pretty much all countries in the area have signed a sort of mou to share the information, from coast guards from civilian agencies, and also the military. every country has their own discretion on how much they share. but it