It looks, said Srivastava, as if ‘what is happening in America is a loss of self-confidence. We don’t want America to lose self-confidence. Who else is there to take over America’s moral leadership? American’s leadership was never because you had more arms. It was because of ideas, imagination, and meritocracy.’ If America turns away from its core values, he added, ‘there is nobody else to take that leadership. Do we want China as the world’s moral leader? No. We desperately want America to succeed.’