IAEA board continues consultations on safeguards
As President Bush discussed the next steps with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and said he is “look[ing] forward to continuing to work with his government to strengthen the United States-India … Continue reading
IAEA safeguards grant India nuclear weapons status: Pakistan
Pakistan has upped the ante in Vienna by asking members of the IAEA Board of Governors to join it in moving amendments to the Indian safeguards agreement when the matter … Continue reading
Text of Pakistan’s letter to the IAEA Board on the Indian safeguards agreement
Here is the full text of the four page letter sent by Pakistan’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency on July 18 to all members of the Board of … Continue reading
India begins its lobbying
Eight envoys have fanned out across the globe to make India’s case on the nuclear deal… 24 July 2008The Hindu India begins lobbying Special Correspondent New Delhi: With the nuclear … Continue reading
An endgame with no clear winners
Whether the UPA government survives or falls, none of the principal protagonists will be able to walk away from the present stand-off with a sense of having accomplished anything in … Continue reading
Thorium and the Indian nuclear programme
In a recent article in Frontline, my colleague R. Ramachandran has drawn attention to the July 4, 2008 speech by Department of Atomic Energy chairman Anil Kakodkar at the Indian … Continue reading
Interlude: Fidel and Gabo
Even as his body recuperates from surgery brought on by acute intestinal crisis and bleeding, Fidel Castro’s mind is as energetic and active as ever. Roughly once a week, sometimes … Continue reading
Obama’s foreign policy speech serves notice on Pakistan
Promising a military surge in Afghanistan, the Democratic presidential contender has come as close as he can to warning the Pakistani military: You are either with us or against us. … Continue reading
Bolton has a way with words
“Tehran’s efforts to intimidate the United States and Israel from using military force against its nuclear program…” is the astonishing way in which John R. Bolton, the former American ambassador … Continue reading
Playing the "Muslim card" on the nuclear deal
The Economic and Political Weekly has just published my article on Muslims and the nuclear deal. An earlier version of the same had appeared on this blog a few days … Continue reading
Termination of safeguards on indigenous reactors: What Gov/1621 really says
A controversy has arisen about the duration of safeguards on indigenous nuclear reactors in India. The draft India safeguards agreement ties the termination of safeguards to a 1973 Board of … Continue reading
Gov/1621 – The full text
Article 29 of the Indian safeguards agreement ties the termination of the agreement to the conditions outlined in an obscure document of the IAEA Governing Board. I am now making … Continue reading
‘Perpetuity of safeguards only with perpetuity of fuel supply’
Corrective measures are “unspecified sovereign actions,” says Kakodkar 13 July 2008The Hindu ‘Perpetuity of safeguards only with perpetuity of fuel supply’ Siddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil … Continue reading
Parsing the India-specific safeguards agreement
The draft text negotiated with the IAEA places the country mid-way between nuclear weapon states and non-nuclear weapon states in terms of its rights and obligations. 12 July 2008The Hindu … Continue reading
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