The Brics/Bicsam/G5 summit idea takes hold…
The G8 forum of rich countries has limited utility for the developing world. 11 June 2007The Hindu Brazil proposes G5 summitSiddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: Though largely overshadowed by the brief … Continue reading
Forget the G8, it’s time for a Brics summit
Dateline Brasilia: Instead of waiting like supplicants outside the portals of the G8, Brazil, India, China, and South Africa should realise a summit of their own would transform the world … Continue reading
123 as countdown to CTBT by the backdoor
No matter how it is cushioned or phrased, the U.S. insistence on a “right to require the return” of exported material if India conducts a nuclear test will convert India’s … Continue reading
Qualifying nuclear test moratorium may offer way out of 123 impasse
The July 2005 agreement spoke of India “continuing” its nuclear test moratorium in the context of abiding by the “resposibilities and practices” of other countries with “advanced nuclear technology”. This … Continue reading
India, U.S. claim progress in nuclear talks
But while the U.S. speaks of a deal on the 123 agreement by the end of May, the Indian side points out there are still “issues” to be settled. 3 … Continue reading
This has nothing to do with energy
Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns’s recent article is a reminder of America’s onerous “strategic partnership” agenda for India: defence sales, interoperability of forces followed by joint missions, isolating Iran, … Continue reading
Detailed safeguards talks with IAEA only after 123 negotiations conclude
India wants fuel supply assurance issue with U.S. resolved first because american backsliding on earlier commitments has complicated safeguards picture. 26 April 2007The Hindu Detailed safeguards talks with IAEA only … Continue reading
Fall-back safeguards, NSG, sequencing remain areas of concern in nuclear talks
Here is the second and concluding part of my exclusive behind-the-scenes look of the obstacles lying in the way of the India-U.S. nuclear agreement. 26 April 2007The Hindu Fall-back safeguards, … Continue reading
In last lap of nuclear deal, India feels U.S. backsliding on prior commitments
From providing waivers for its domestic restrictions to promising lifetime fuel supplies and enabling full civilian nuclear cooperation, the U.S. seems to be having second thoughts about earlier agreements. 25 … Continue reading
Major obstacles persist in nuclear deal
Indian officials say “big problems” remain on scope of cooperation and termination conditions, with the U.S., inter alia, demanding inclusion of a “right of return” clause in the 123 agreement. … Continue reading
A willing suspension of disbelief
Forget about Iran, North Korea, and terrorism, the principal security challenge of our time is how to restrain the U.S. from pursuing policies that promote conflict and undermine international stability. … Continue reading
Fissile treaty is India’s next challenge
If the Conference on Disarmament really manages to get its act together as Reaching Critical Will and Jeffrey Lewis of armscontrolwonk and the Belfer Center reckon it might, the Indian … Continue reading
No place to hide as nuclear deal enters last lap
The `123 agreement’ is important not in order to facilitate nuclear imports from the U.S. but because it will form the template for changes to the Nuclear Suppliers Group guidelines. … Continue reading
More on Rademaker, India and Iran
Abbas Edalat of the Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran interviewed me last week on my story about a former senior Bush administration offcial’s admission that India’s anti-Iran … Continue reading
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