One thing to take note of that surprised me, but has become part of my daily reality, is just how competitive the space is right now. It is competitive in commercial terms. It's competitive in diplomatic terms. It's competitive with some of our adversaries and, for some reason, also with some of our like-minded countries as well on the commercial side. That's not to speak negatively of that sense of competition, but it's serious business.
As geopolitical shifts continue, we just need to be serious about how we're bringing all of our tools to the table to advance the interests and values that we all care so deeply about. We're doing this in many ways, but I think the North African context sometimes can be helpful because it's a very distinct presence of a non-aligned position.
Nobody wants to be in one camp or the other, but I do see some of our competitors really bringing everything they can to the table. I know that we're doing everything we can with our tools as well. I encourage the committee to approach some of these questions in the spirit of really being serious about what's at stake at the moment.