Amitav Acharya

So that's why U.S.

provides much more of a broad space for adaptation.

and assimilation.

So it is in a sense immigrant society and being American means being a little bit of everything.

Europe is still very traditional in that sense.

So I think United States, unless there is a social revolution here and a revival of Christianity right again in the US,

The Indian community in the U.S.

will also become more open-minded and more assimilated the way American society generally is.

But it will certainly not be able to do the same thing in Europe, possibly with possible exception of Britain, where, as you know, there's a large Indian community, but there's also a large Pakistani community.

I'm a little more optimistic.

First of all, Europe cannot compete with Australia, Canada, or United States.

Much harder to take, much longer, much harder.

I lived in Britain, walked there.

I got an H-1B visa and then get one of those genius visas to settle here.

Much easier until now.

Okay.

Europe also has not only social resistance to immigration, and that's not just Muslims.

To some extent, for anybody who comes from outside, they want to preserve their own culture and heritage a lot more because they see themselves as a very traditional society much longer than, say, the United States going back.

And also...

You have to also look at the supply side.