New Delhi, March 31 -- In his two months in office, US President Donald Trump has given a new meaning to the term 'disruption.' Before he took his second presidential avatar, the term was discussed mostly in hypothetical terms in seminar rooms and conference circuits. But eight weeks plus of Trump 2.0 have made disruption the operational reality for the global order.

There may be no strategic coherence in Trump's daily pronouncements as he moves from one issue to the next and from one geography to another. But that does not preclude new constraints from reshaping the global reality for others.

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