Dateline Vienna: NSG critics focus on non-proliferation benchmarks
NPT, future of the non-proliferation regime, blah blah gurgle nyah… 22 August 2008The HinduNSG critics focus on non-proliferation benchmarks Siddharth Varadarajan Vienna: At the end of the first full day … Continue reading
Dateline Vienna: Eyes on NSG prize, India readies itself for big day
But the Americans here believe it most likely that the discussions within the Nuclear Suppliers Group will remain inconclusive this time and that another round of consultation might be necessary … Continue reading
Dateline Vienna: Test ban treaty official urges India to sign CTBT
On the eve of the NSG meeting on India where several members are likely to press the country on the testing issue, Iraq has gone ahead and signed the Comprehensive … Continue reading
India and the NSG: An interview
After interviewing others, it’s nice when somebody wants to interview you! The India office of the Heinrich Boll Foundation — the foundation run by the Greens in Germany — approached … Continue reading
Dateline Vienna: For nuclear club, it’s decision time on India
Proposal to bend rules brings angst, and the opportunity of business for some… 20 August 2008The Hindu For nuclear club, it’s decision time on India Proposal to bend rules brings … Continue reading
Pakistan, India and the flawed legacy of Musharraf
The former President supported soft borders with India in Kashmir. But he was also soft on the extremist elements that threaten the security of India, and now Pakistan too… 20 … Continue reading
Dateline Vienna: India to brief NSG troika today
Indian officials will meet the NSG troika of Germany, Hungary and South Africa late this evening to plan for tomorrow’s big meeting of the nuclear club. And also with the … Continue reading
India, Germany hopeful of NSG clearance in one shot
The India exemption issue might just settled sooner than we all think, if the optimistic assessment of Berlin and New Delhi pans out… 19 August 2008The Hindu India, Germany hopeful … Continue reading
India may make policy statement at crucial NSG meeting in Vienna
M.K. Narayanan will chair a high-level meeting on Monday to decide on India’s strategy for the Vienna meetings. The Indian team will hold a meeting with the NSG troika on … Continue reading
On eve of NPT, U.S. knew India would go nuclear
From promises of aid against China to “full treatment” during junkets to Washington, declassified documents reveal American quest to get India to drop its “irrational” opposition to the treaty… [Part … Continue reading
Declassified: India headed 1966 U.S. list of countries likely to reject NPT
In this second and concluding part on the ‘India’ factor in America’s strategic calculations in the run up to the negotiation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, we see how Delhi … Continue reading
Short takes: Reactions to the NSG draft
The text of the proposed NSG waiver for India is here, although why you would still want to see it after I published all its relevant parts on August 12 … Continue reading
NSG exemption: ‘No more flexibility left in India’s position’
As opposition to the proposed waiver for India from the Nuclear Suppliers Group guidelines builds up from three quarters, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will tell President George W. Bush India … Continue reading
NSG draft waiver for India covers all nuclear, ‘dual use’ items
The draft waiver the United States has circulated to enable India to access items from the Nuclear Suppliers Group certainly fits the description of “clean and unconditional”, for now at … Continue reading
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