No place to hide as nuclear deal enters last lap
The `123 agreement’ is important not in order to facilitate nuclear imports from the U.S. but because it will form the template for changes to the Nuclear Suppliers Group guidelines. … Continue reading
More on Rademaker, India and Iran
Abbas Edalat of the Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran interviewed me last week on my story about a former senior Bush administration offcial’s admission that India’s anti-Iran … Continue reading
Transitional justice in Southasia @ Kathmandu
The concept of transitional justice is familiar to people in South Africa, Chile and other countries but how relevant and useful is it for South Asia? This is a question … Continue reading
Spinning its way to conflict again
Despite the Bush administration’s hysteria, there is nothing in the Iranian nuclear programme that requires steps so drastic as sanctions and war. Dialogue without preconditions, combined with inspections, is the … Continue reading
Keep the peace process on track
For the third time in less than a year, terrorists have attempted to derail the peace process between India and Pakistan. Handing them a victory is the last thing we … Continue reading
India to hand over draft 123 agreement to U.S. next week
Given the stony silence that has greeted Indian queries and requests for clarification on certain provisions of the Hyde Act, major differences remain on testing, fuel guarantees and reprocessing rights. … Continue reading
Americans disown Rademaker
Yesterday, I reported how Stephen G. Rademaker, the former U.S. assistant secretary of state for non-proliferation and international security, admitted before an audience of Indian security-wallahs in New Delhi that … Continue reading
So now we know for sure…
that India’s votes against Iran at the IAEA in 2005 and 2006 were ‘coerced”. For that’s exactly what Stephen G. Rademaker, a former senior official in Bush administration, admitted at … Continue reading
Déjà vu on the Korean peninsula
After first pushing North Korea to test a nuclear weapon, the Bush administration has settled for a deal it could have had in 2002 or 2005. Does the new policy … Continue reading
Iranians rally in defence of right to nuclear energy
Show of popular support boosts embattled President 12 February 2007The Hindu Iranians rally in defence of right to nuclear energy Siddharth Varadarajan TEHRAN: In a spectacle that was part scripted … Continue reading
Iran rejects nuclear pressure
But IAEA rules will be respected, says Ahmadinejad 12 February 2007The Hindu Iran rejects nuclear pressure Siddharth Varadarajan Tehran: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that his country would … Continue reading
Iranian Government gears up for political show of strength
People support nuclear right, but also favour dialogue, compromise 11 February 2007The Hindu Iranian Government gears up for political show of strength Siddharth Varadarajan Tehran: With the 60-day compliance deadline … Continue reading
India sees speedy IAEA verification as the way forward on Iran
New Delhi anxious for the nuclear file to be resolved quickly. 8 February 2007The Hindu Iran issue: India sees speedy IAEA verification as the way forward Siddharth Varadarajan Tehran: India’s … Continue reading
Peace pipeline: Iran for tripartite summit
However, the need for talks on gas pricing, project structure underscored. 8 February 2007The Hindu ‘Peace pipeline’: Iran for tripartite summit Siddharth Varadarajan TEHRAN: As technical negotiations on the proposed … Continue reading
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