Watch out for the John Bolton clones…
Selig Harrison says Indian negotiators should be wary of the hardline ‘nuclear dominance types’ in the Bush administration who are out to write into the U.S.-India nuclear agreement of July … Continue reading
India, Russia inching towards fresh nuclear cooperation
7 December 2005The Hindu India, Russia inching towards fresh nuclear cooperation Siddharth Varadarajan Moment for broadening scope of nuclear ties will soon be at hand, says Putin India is a … Continue reading
Fuel for Tarapur not related to nuclear deal with the U.S., says Manmohan Singh
Dateline Moscow: Here’s yet another instance of the U.S. trying to push the envelope on the July 18 nuclear deal. The American commitment to secure LEU for Tarapur was not … Continue reading
Iranian nukes: When bullying is not enough, try disinformation
The serendipitous discovery of an Iranian laptop full of incriminating details about a nuclear warhead will eventually take its place in the same intel hall of BS as the yellowcake … Continue reading
U.S. raises the bar on nuclear deal with India
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Parliament on July 29 during the debate on the Indo-U.S. nuclear agreement that India would “never accept discrimination”. But discrimination is what’s on offer. In … Continue reading
India submits to the Bush doctrine?
The Manmohan Singh government’s `bold’ new line on nuclear non-proliferation is full of sound and fury but signifies nothing other than the loss of our official capacity to analyse the … Continue reading
Indo-U.S. deal: Negotiating the nuclear fine print
India needs to play its hand carefully on sequencing, separation, and safeguards. 21 October 2005The Hindu India-U.S. deal: Negotiating the nuclear fine print Siddharth Varadarajan THE JULY 18 nuclear agreement … Continue reading
Neocon lite nuclear agenda: A review of George Perkovich et al.’s "Universal Compliance: A strategy for nuclear security"
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has come up with a liberal counter-proliferation Bible whose selective implementation will likely leave the world more unequal – and dangerous. 11 October 2005The … Continue reading
A revealing transcript
The full transcript of the House International Relations Committee on the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal surely provides a key part of the backstory to India’s astonishing vote against Iran in the … Continue reading
The unravelling of India’s Persian puzzle
By voting against Iran in the IAEA, India has put its alliance with the United States above any concern of national interest, energy security or international law. 27 September 2005The … Continue reading
The Persian Puzzle III: The world must stand firm on diplomacy
The ‘nuclear crisis’ is the product of 15 years of American hostility towards Iran. Any solution that does not deal with this reality is bound to fail. 23 September 2005The … Continue reading
The Persian Puzzle II: What the IAEA really found in Iran
The best way for the world to satisfy itself that there are no undeclared nuclear activities in Iran is for the IAEA to use its inspection rights under the Additional … Continue reading
The Persian Puzzle I: Iran and the invention of a nuclear crisis
The world has forgotten everything and learned nothing from the charade over weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. 21 September 2005The Hindu THE PERSIAN PUZZLE – IIran and the invention … Continue reading
The truth behind the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal
29 July 2005The Hindu The truth behind the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal In opening the door to nuclear commerce with India, Washington has confirmed how much an alliance with New Delhi … Continue reading
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