the international community put conditions on india's accession to the nuclear suppliers group one of them being the signature of the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty it's been on the table when people ask me that question for sure i would say that i would love to see that but how do we put india in a situation that they feel comfortable enough to see that in the check and balances signing the comprehensive test ban treaty does no damage and if any it will help them create a condition of trust that other feel they need to be joining the nuclear suppliers group and then where do you put pakistan this is the question because as soon as they have regional difficulties no. only of the territorial claims of a coach near there is often talk by the extreme right in either country that it's only about pressing a button that that concerns it does concern the international community it concerns nationals from each of those 2 countries 2 that you know we would potentially possibly go to war so you absolutely know when i hear the word pushing the button a minute it frightens me because it ce

suppliers' group or u.n. security council and not particularly helpful as other forums in which the two countries are both members. what i'm trying -- if there is one takeaway, we are seeing a competitive relationship between india and china emerging. and this is unlikely to change barring radical confirmations on the part of china which have very little to do with india. what is india doing about it? i'll run through a few quick slides. maybe i can get by without the slides. a few things g -- that i think are -- india is doing which is of importance, which i will briefly outline. we have seen a major stepping up in the indian ocean led by the indian navy and you can see in trends of overseas assistance. and this includes india establishing a fusion center in india to monitor traffic in the indian ocean region and entering into a number of agreements with china, japan and others. late 2017, the indian navy changed this tempo and now conducts year-round operations in seven zones including the gulf of aiden and

suppliers group or the u.n. security council and also not be particularly helpful at of the forums in which the two countries are both members. away isll, the one take that we are seeing a structurally more competitive relationship between india and isna emerging, and this unlikely to change barring some very radical transformations on the part of china, which have very little to do with india. what is india doing about it? w will just run through a fe quick slides, if you don't mind. i think i can get by without the slides. i don't have the quicker here. richard hijacked it. [laughter] dhruva: a few things that india's doing which are of import which of which is briefly outline, one is in the last two years since the end of 2017 or so we've seen a major stepping up in the indian ocean. led by the indian navy but also linked in some ways to you can see trends in india overseas assistance both lines of credit, and ground aid, and this includes amongst other things india establishing a fusion information fusion ce

suppliers group or the u.n. security council and also not be particularly helpful at of the forms in which the two countries are both members. what is it you doing about this? i went through a few quick slice if you don't mind. i'm sorry. maybe i can get by without the slides. i don't have the clincher here. the first thing -- richard hijacked -- [laughing] a few things i think that i think are india's doing which are of import which of which is briefly outline, one is in the last two years since the end of 2017 or so we've seen a major stepping up in the indian ocean. that by the indian navy but also linked in some ways to you can see trends in india overseas assistance both lines of credit, and this includes amongst other things india establishing a fusion center, and information fusion center in india to monitor traffic in the indian ocean region, entering into a number of agreements with other countries across the indian ocean. in late 2017 2017 and maybe che this operational tempo. how conducts you rent ope