<b>Nitin Pai:</b> Dangerous times are here again

The big risks from Trump's actions and the world's reactions

Around eight years ago, in the final years of George W Bush’s presidency, it had become fashionable to talk about American decline. Audiences in the United States (US) and around the world lapped it up for their own reasons. Books were written about the topic. Talking heads discussed it on television. A telegenic young politician from Chicago used it as a backdrop for his election campaign. In New Delhi, as in other capitals, people began to seriously re-examine their foreign and economic policy orientations as they contemplated a post-American world.

At the time, I was the odd one out at