RAW's objectives The objectives of R&AW [12] have been: 1. To monitor the political and military developments in adjoining countries, which have direct bearing on India's national security and in the formulation of its foreign policy. 2. Secondly, to watch the development of international communism and the schism between the two communist giants, the Soviet Union and China. As in other countries, both the powers had direct access to the communist parties in India. 3. Thirdly, to make the control and limitation of the supply of military hardware to Pakistan, mostly from European countries, the USA and China, a high priority. 4.Lastly, to use the presence of large ethnic Indian populations in foreign countries to form a powerful platform for lobbying. These countries could back a favorable policy in international councils, motivated by the ethnic Indian group.