increasingly over the years gotten more difficult and more assertive. to get us help might mean they have to, if you like, lean towards the united states, which would be a very difficult ask at the current time. just briefly, the big issue for countries in this part of the world is taiwan do you see that coming up is taiwan do you see that coming up as a talking point between antony blinken and his asian partners? the southeast blinken and his asian partners? tue: southeast asian blinken and his asian partners? tte: southeast asian states blinken and his asian partners? tte: southeast asian states may blinken and his asian partners? t te: southeast asian states may bring that up. itjust a pet dashed depends on where you sit. i m not sure the people in the region think that taiwan, while there s the potential it s not necessarily all that likely. bear in mind that a major conflict over taiwan, something like a big war, this is notjust a regional issue but a global issue. it would c