But Robert, you will have a longer

view.

I would say a few things about India.

India is the ultimate pivot state, the ultimate pivot state between China and the United States.

It's, I think, more consequential than the other members of the Global South.

And it's led by their first geopolitically-minded leader in their history since independence.

Because the Nehruvian prime ministers all had, well, somewhat of a chip on their shoulder because of colonialism, all of that.

What about the military?

In that context then, how worried are you about the democratic fabric of your country, of America? How worried are you that the impact of the Trump administration on institutions will be impossible to reverse?

In part of the book, I make the argument that all three great powers are in decline.

The United States, China, and Russia.

But all for different reasons and all very gradually.

And decline itself can be overrated because it can take place over centuries and decades.

But I do think that...

The United States is in decline.

The systems are weakening and the most dangerous time for an autocracy is when power is starting to fracture.