FMCT thoughts
The International Panel on Fissile Materials headed by Prof. Frank von Hippel of Princeton and Prof. R. Rajaram of Jawaharlal Nehru University unveiled a draft of the proposed Fissile Material … Continue reading
The silence is killing me
In the 12 hours that have elapsed since the Senate vote on the 123 agreement, President Bush and SecState Condoleezza Rice have both issued statements hailing the passage of the … Continue reading
Krepon gets it
In his op-ed in today’s Washington Times, Michael Krepon of the Stimson Center succinctly states the core issue involved in the IAEA and NSG decisions as far as India is … Continue reading
Toujours en attente…
Knowing that the Indian government is notoriously stingy with information, I asked the French for a copy of the grandly titled ‘Co-operation agreement Between the Government of the Republic of … Continue reading
Senate approves 123 Agreement
The Senate has overwhelmingly approved the U.S.-India 123 Agreement by 86 to 13. The Bingaman-Dorgan amendment was defeated by voice vote prior to the main Bill being taken up for … Continue reading
Nuclear update: 123 @ Senate
The Senate debated the 123 Agreement with India today and will likely vote on it in the evening. (i.e early morning on Oct 2 in India) Received wisdom is that … Continue reading
Selling Indian reactors abroad
In his address to the 52nd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Dr. Anil Kakodkar drew attention to a little noticed spin-off of the Nuclear Supplier Group’s recent … Continue reading
NSG waiver officially released
The IAEA has released INFCIRC/734 (Corrected) dated 19 September 2008 with the text of the Nuclear Suppliers Group waiver as adopted in Vienna on September 6, 2008. The link is … Continue reading
Not so gorgeous
You remember how the U.S. media was all over Barack Obama for his connection to the iffy preacher, Jeremiah Wright? Media Matters wrote at the time about how the mainstream … Continue reading
Dear Bill… the Foreign Secretary’s letter about 10,000 MW
On September 10, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon sent a letter to U.S. Under Secretary William Burns. I have enclosed a scan of the letter below, courtesy Daryl Kimball of the … Continue reading
Le réacteur nucléaire? Oui. Le turban? Non!
The big story out of Paris today is the signing of the nuclear cooperation agreement between India and France, the first by India with any nuclear supplier since the Koodankulam … Continue reading
Watch me on the 123 @ CNBC tonight
I joined Karan Thapar’s panel this evening on the 123 Agreement by telephone from New York. The other panelists were Ambassador Lalit Mansingh and Ambassador K.S. Bajpai. I believe the … Continue reading
Time for a debate on liability and damages
Paul Kerr of the Congressional Research Service runs a quiet but useful blog on arms control issues. Thanks to him, we have the on-the-record answers provided to questions submitted in … Continue reading
Nuclear update: 123 @ House of Representatives
The House of Representatives on Saturday passed HR 7081 — the ‘United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act’ — granting legislative approval to the US-India 123 Agreement. The … Continue reading
Siddharth Varadarajan 