The gas pedal is on the floor…
On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the government would send India’s safeguards agreement to the IAEA Board only after winning a vote of confidence in Parliament. But on Wednesday, … Continue reading
Left queries on safeguards thrust spotlight on ‘corrective measures’
The Left has asked the UPA government to answer whether India will be able to withdraw its civilian facilities from IAEA safeguards in the event of the US or any … Continue reading
Nuclear deal – The scenario from here on
Today has been a day of dramatic developments. 1. The four Left parties — the Communist Party of India (Marixst), the Communist Party of India, the Revolutionary Socialist Party and … Continue reading
Nuclear deal: Update 2
The Prime Minister’s statement to reporters on board his plane to the G-8 outreach meetings in Japan about India approaching the IAEA “very soon” has triggered frenzied speculation about the … Continue reading
Nuclear deal: Update 1
Now that the Congress has reached an understanding with the Samajwadi Party, the nuclear deal is back on the Manmohan Singh government’s active agenda. Last week, the Prime Minister’s Office … Continue reading
Nine scenarios for the nuclear endgame
Whether the nuclear deal progresses beyond the current impasse or not, India needs to choreograph a proper diplomatic strategy to address all possible contingencies. 23 May 2008The Hindu Nine scenarios … Continue reading
Diplomatic Notebook: India, the NSG and cluster bombs
The U.S. probably has a pretty good idea of what India and the IAEA secretariat have negotiated. But India is still in the dark about what Washington plans to do … Continue reading
The U.N. is escalating the Iran nuclear crisis
If the Security Council were truly concerned about Iran’s nuclear programme, it would have lifted sanctions in the light of the IAEA’s latest report and thereby secured Iranian adherence to … Continue reading
On Iran, no news is good news for U.S.
The IAEA’s latest report on the Iranian civilian nuclear programme will take the wind out of the sails of the war party in Washington. It suggests Tehran might be telling … Continue reading
“Delay in safeguards talks will not affect nuclear deal”
Despite the orchestrated campaign of panic — according to which a delay of even a few weeks in negotiating India’s safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency will end … Continue reading
Deal breather, not deal breaker
By setting boundary conditions for the Government, the CPI(M) has opened a door for addressing India’s concerns over the nuclear agreement with the U.S. In my view, the Prime Minister … Continue reading
Taking stock of the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal
Given all that has happened in the past two years, Manmohan Singh needs to provide concrete assurances on the foreign policy front. 17 August 2007The Hindu Taking stock of the … Continue reading
India wary of U.S. goalpost shift on NSG clearance
Washington, not New Delhi, must convince nuclear cartel to amend its guidelines to allow nuclear commerce with India. 12 August 2007The Hindu India wary of U.S. goalpost shift on NSG … Continue reading
Interview: “For nuclear renaissance, the world needs India”
As Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, R. Chidambaram has played a crucial behind-the-scenes role in the formulation of India’s approach to the question of civil nuclear cooperation … Continue reading
Siddharth Varadarajan 