India in dilemma over 123 agreement
Speedy approval sought, but doubts remain about U.S. interpretation remain. 10 September 2008The Hindu India in dilemma over 123 agreement Siddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: Forgotten amidst the euphoria over the … Continue reading
After the accolades…
OK, so the NSG waiver is through and this is good news. But what is GOI going to do now? The U.S. is keen to rush the 123 agreement through … Continue reading
Watch me on the NSG @ CNBC
Readers of this blog who live in India may wish to watch CNBC at 10:30 pm tonight. Karan Thapar interviewing me on the NSG… You can watch it online or … Continue reading
Dateline Vienna: Thirty words that saved the day
An inside account of the roller-coaster ride and extreme mood swings at Vienna… With the NSG waiver creating rights for both India and its critics, diplomacy and power hold key … Continue reading
Text of the final NSG waiver for India
via the Arms Control Association The earlier iteration, i.e. Draft 2 is here. In his analysis, the ACA’s Daryl Kimball attacks the waiver in hyperbolic terms, calling it a “non-proliferation … Continue reading
Dateline Vienna: NSG waiver enables member states to provide India full civil nuclear cooperation
Many countries cite ‘assurances’ on sensitive technology, link with Indian compliance… NSG waiver enables member states to provide India full civil nuclear cooperation Siddharth Varadarajan Vienna: Set up in 1975 … Continue reading
Dateline Vienna: NSG lifts sanctions on India
Country now free to buy nuclear material from Russia, France and others…NSG lifts sanctions on India Siddharth Varadarajan Vienna: In an act replete with historic and political significance, the Nuclear … Continue reading
NSG update @ 1415 – The deal is done (and it’s a good deal)
At 11:56 Vienna time, the first SMS landed on the cell phone of an Indian official waiting nervously at the Intercontinental Hotel several miles away from where the Nuclear Suppliers … Continue reading
NSG Update @ 1050 on Saturday
Vienna: The Nuclear Suppliers Group is about to resume its discussions this morning on the American proposal to grant India an exemption for its restrictive trading rules. When I checked … Continue reading
Dateline Vienna: NSG update @ 2 a.m.
After a marathon day — starting at 10 a.m. on Friday and finally peeling off at two in the morning on Saturday — the Nuclear Suppliers Group plenary was still … Continue reading
Dateline Vienna: Last-ditch talks on to avert NSG dead-end
U.S., India in eleventh hour exchange of drafting language on nuclear deal as testing issue remains huge stumbling block. 6 September 2008The Hindu Last-ditch talks on to avert NSG dead-end … Continue reading
The Bush-Berman bombshell and the ghosts of Tarapur
The State Department letter is proof that America has been negotiating in bad faith.Even if the NSG grants India a clean and unconditional waiver, the country would be foolish to … Continue reading
Dateline Vienna: NSG hopeful of consensus but doubts remain
So the first day of the second meeting was not the disaster the nonproliferationist lobby was hoping for. Differences have narrowed, the ranks of the opponents — ever a shifting … Continue reading
New NSG draft has small but significant changes
The changes in the draft are not cosmetic. But they do not represent a surrender of India’s position on unconditionality either… 5 September 2008The Hindu NEWS ANALYSISNew NSG draft has … Continue reading
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