Senate ‘testimoney’ on the 123 Agreement
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on September 18 held a hearing on the ‘Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with India’, a.k.a. the 123 Agreement. So far, the “money quote” from … Continue reading
India’s own Daryl Kimball
Daryl Kimball, well-known to readers of this blog, has an evil twin in India. His name is Brahma Chellaney. While Kimball blasts the Nuclear Suppliers Group waiver for India as … Continue reading
Why India and not Israel? Here’s why
‘Why India and not Israel?” asks Avner Cohen in today’s Ha’aretz: India’s exemption could become a precedent for a new approach to Israel’s nuclear question. For the first time, Israel … Continue reading
End of the road for the 123 agreement
A senior scientist who has closely followed the nuclear deal told me recently of a peculiar ritual among the ancients known as the vridhrshti of the paramacharya. Here, the acolytes … Continue reading
Don’t sign 123, says former Indian envoy to U.S.
16 September 2008The Hindu Don’t sign 123, says former Indian envoy to U.S. Special Correspondent New Delhi: Lalit Mansingh, former Foreign Secretary and former Ambassador to the United States, has … Continue reading
Watch me on the 123 @ CNBC 2230 tonight
India-based readers of this may wish to watch CNBC tonight at 10:30 pm — Karan Thapar has a 30-minute discussion with Ambassador Lalit Mansingh and myself on the American attempt … Continue reading
Bush report says India complying with Hyde Act on Iran
As part of the 123 approval process, the Bush administration forwarded a set of documents to Congress last Friday, including a report pursuant to Section 104(c) of the Hyde Act. … Continue reading
India reacts to Bush kick
So the Ministry of External Affairs has girded its loins and joined the fight (initiated by me in The Hindu yesterday), directly contesting President Bush’s September 10 assertion that the … Continue reading
WaPo’s non-news on ENR at the NSG
Glenn Kessler in today’s Washington Post has a “sensational” story about how the Nuclear Suppliers Group last week reached a gentleman’s understanding about not supplying India with sensitive nuclear technology. … Continue reading
U.S. delivers 123 blow to India
In his September 10 message to Congress, President Bush makes it clear that the U.S. does not consider itself legally bound to honour its fuel supply assurances to India even … Continue reading
Watch me on NSG @ DD News
Neelam Sharma of Doordarshan runs a highly popular discussion programme in Hindi, ‘Charcha Mein’, on DD News every week with 4-5 “experts” and a studio audience. Today, I joined her … Continue reading
Why China did what it did at NSG
A blow by blow account of what happened with the Chinese at the NSG meeting on India… 11 September 2008rediff.com Why China did what it did at NSGSiddharth VaradarajanDisputing official … Continue reading
China ‘overestimated’ the strength of India’s critics at NSG
‘Procedural procrastination’ was Chinese strategy to delay India waiver, NSG diplomats say … China ‘overestimated’ the strength of India’s critics at NSG ‘Procedural procrastination’ was Chinese strategy to delay India … Continue reading
Hear me on the NSG @ IPCS
Readers of this blog who live in Delhi are welcome to come and listen to me giving a talk on the ‘Indo-U.S. nuclear deal at the NSG’ at the Institute … Continue reading
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