Bush, India and two degrees of separation
Thanks to public debate and hard bargaining, India’s scientists have had many of their technical concerns about the nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States addressed. But India must resist … Continue reading
The separation puzzle
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Parliament on February 27 that India was offering to place “a number of our thermal nuclear reactors as civilian facilities to be placed under IAEA … Continue reading
Was Bush speech a warning on separation?
Relegating India to status of `recipient state’ in the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership seen as pressure tactic. 1 March 2006The Hindu NEWS ANALYSISWas Bush speech a warning on separation?Siddharth Varadarajan … Continue reading
Bush nuclear plan demotes India
On the eve of his visit to Delhi, President Bush has revealed the true intent behind the U.S. offer of civil nuclear cooperation with India: as a “recipient” country, the … Continue reading
That Syrian oil deal: Government lies about U.S. pressure
On January 28, I had reported in The Hindu how the U.S. had handed over an aide memoire to the Ministry of External Affairs demanding that India back out of … Continue reading
A question mark now hangs over the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal
Unless Washington blinks on the Fast Breeder reactor and voluntary safeguards, the agreement will not fly in India. 7 February 2006The Hindu Question mark over Indo-U.S. nuclear dealSiddharth Varadarajan FOR … Continue reading
The IAEA votes to refer Iran
Cuba, Syria and Venezuela voted against, Algeria, Belarus, Indonesia, Libya and South Africa abstained and 27 countries, including India, the P-5, Brazil and Egypt voted in favour of the motion … Continue reading
IAEA report on Iran paints picture that is far from bleak
In its latest report prepared for the February 2-3 extraordinary meeting of the Board of Governors , the IAEA says some questions still remain but cites numerous instances of Iranian … Continue reading
Coming to terms with nuclear regime change
Reviled by some in India as the “ayatollahs of non-proliferation”, Michael Krepon of the Stimson Center and Leonard Spector of the Centre for Nonproliferation Studies are leading the charge against … Continue reading
Indo-U.S. nuclear deal: Safeguards for breeder reactors a key obstacle
Exclusive: A close look at the state of negotiations between India and United States on the implementation of last July’s Indo-U.S. nuclear deal suggests things are not going as smoothly … Continue reading
Make the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal more transparent
If the civil-military separation plan is good enough to share with a foreign power, it is certainly good enough to share with the Indian public. 19 January 2005The Hindu Make … Continue reading
India, Iran and the nuclear challenge
Siding again with the U.S. and its allies in their illegal pressure on Iran will weaken India’s hand on the civil nuclear cooperation and energy fronts. 16 January 2006The Hindu … Continue reading
U.S. non-proliferation group ups the ante with draft separation plan
David Albright’s ISIS has come up with the first unofficial U.S. attempt to specify what the proposed separation of India’s civilian and nuclear facilities should look like. Unlike the 18 … Continue reading
Stage set for nuclear separation talks
The Department of Atomic Energy has prepared a number of “options” to put into effect the Indian government’s commitment to effect a separation between its civilian and military nuclear facilities. … Continue reading
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