NSG draft ver 2.0: Reax
Reuter’s man in Vienna, Mark Heinrich, is a formidable reporter with great contacts so when he writes something, it is worth taking seriously. His dispatch today has initial reactions from … Continue reading
India, U.S. agree on amended NSG draft waiver
Germany, as chair, circulates text among group members, all eyes now focused on September 4-5 meeting of the Nuclear Suupliers Group… 31 August 2008The HinduIndia, U.S. agree on amended NSG … Continue reading
Transcript: NSA Narayanan on India’s red lines at the NSG
According to the NSA, India won’t accept in the revised Nuclear Suppliers Group draft waiver:* an explicit reference to a nuclear test by India triggering adverse consequences* a provision for … Continue reading
India studying revised NSG draft
…amidst signs that the Group of Six may be flexible at the NSG … 30 August 2008The Hindu [In the print edition of The Hindu, this story was split into … Continue reading
The American dilemma at the NSG
The nonproliferation agenda has been a part of the nuclear deal from the start, even as the wider strategic partnership was designed to be the principal goal. The U.S. also … Continue reading
Fifty amendments for the Indian draft waiver at the NSG
Yup, that’s what Phil Goff, New Zealand’s Disarmament Minister, has said in a press release today. But he also says, don’t worry, we’re not asking India to sign the NPT … Continue reading
NSG statement by the ‘Gang of Six’
At the NSG meeting, six countries worked together to moot amendments to the draft waiver circulated by the United States. These were Austria, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and … Continue reading
Mulford seeks to reassure India
Stung by criticism about not doing its bit to pilot the India waiver through the NSG, the U.S. is now making reassuring noises … 26 August 2008The HinduMulford seeks to … Continue reading
Looking beyond the NSG debacle
America’s inability – or unwillingness – to pilot through the Nuclear Suppliers Group the waiver India needs to allow full civil nuclear cooperation undermines the basis of the July 2005 … Continue reading
Nuclear deal fate is now uncertain
One day after the Nuclear Suppliers Group failed to take a decision on an American proposal to grant India a waiver from its export guidelines, Indian officials acknowledged that the … Continue reading
Dateline Vienna: India says NSG clearance is U.S. responsibility
The ball for the Nuclear Suppliers Group game is firmly in the U.S. court, say Indian officials who argue its now time for Washington to deliver on the promise in … Continue reading
Dateline Vienna: Conditions mooted for Indian nuclear waiver
They have their wish list but most NSG countries who demanded changes in the draft waiver for India in the special plenary of the nuclear cartel’s meeting in Vienna say … Continue reading
NSG Diary: Finding a way round the Code of Omerta
So how do reporters find out what the hell happened inside the fortress where the Nuclear Suppliers Group met for two days this week… And how will did India, and … Continue reading
Dateline Vienna: Naysayers set to delay India decision at NSG
It now seems almost certain that the NSG will have to meet again. And that the U.S. is going to come back to India for negotiations on changes to the … Continue reading
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