Not All Bright
In a previous post, I had promised to analyse the report put out by David Albright and Susan Basu of the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) on India’s … Continue reading
Media inquiries
If you are a print or web-based news organisation looking for a quote on any of the subjects I cover, please drop me an email at sv1965[at]gmail.com. Many of my … Continue reading
Media inquiries
If you are a print or web-based news organisation looking for a quote on any of the subjects I cover, please drop me an email at sv1965[at]gmail.com. Many of my … Continue reading
The U.S. and the Iran pipeline: Did Bush really blink?
For the first time in ages, my old newspaper, the Times of India, has a thoughtful piece on foreign policy with Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph analysing the … Continue reading
Nuclear deal: The action now shifts to Washington
Following the March 2 agreement on the separation of India’s military and civilian nuclear facilities, the United States is moving ahead with its obligation to amend domestic statutes in order … Continue reading
Nuclear separation plan seeks fine balance
Concerns of cost, research and security emphasised, but some sacrifices too . 8 March 2006The Hindu Nuclear separation plan seeks fine balance Siddharth Varadarajan CIRUS research reactor to be shut … Continue reading
Let the IAEA do its work on Iran
Involving the U.N. Security Council will escalate the nuclear crisis and reduce the scope for dialogue and negotiation. India must disassociate itself from any such move. 7 March 2006The Hindu … Continue reading
Bush, India and two degrees of separation
Thanks to public debate and hard bargaining, India’s scientists have had many of their technical concerns about the nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States addressed. But India must resist … Continue reading
The separation puzzle
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Parliament on February 27 that India was offering to place “a number of our thermal nuclear reactors as civilian facilities to be placed under IAEA … Continue reading
Was Bush speech a warning on separation?
Relegating India to status of `recipient state’ in the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership seen as pressure tactic. 1 March 2006The Hindu NEWS ANALYSISWas Bush speech a warning on separation?Siddharth Varadarajan … Continue reading
Why comments are moderated
The intention is not to curb free speech or hostile responses — as you can see from many of the comments which appear — but merely to block libelous posts, … Continue reading
Bush nuclear plan demotes India
On the eve of his visit to Delhi, President Bush has revealed the true intent behind the U.S. offer of civil nuclear cooperation with India: as a “recipient” country, the … Continue reading
That Syrian oil deal: Government lies about U.S. pressure
On January 28, I had reported in The Hindu how the U.S. had handed over an aide memoire to the Ministry of External Affairs demanding that India back out of … Continue reading
Nepal, India and the long shadow of Moriarty
America’s ambassador in Kathmandu, James Moriarty, has denounced an agreement between the Maoists and the Nepalese parliamentary parties that New Delhi sets much store by. [Coincidence: Both men pictured here … Continue reading
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