The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal : everything about the deal February 24, 2006
- Introduction
- What are the terms of the deal?
- What kind of technology would India receive in return?
- What do proponents say about the deal?
- What are the objections to the agreement?
- Who needs to approve the agreement?
- What effect will the U.S.-India deal have on the NPT?
- What role does China play in the U.S.-Indian nuclear deal?
- What effect will the deal have on U.S. and Indian relations with Pakistan?
- What’s the history of India’s nuclear program?
INDIA – US NUCLEAR DEAL – The Benefits
Ultimately the India – US Nuclear deal has to translate into economics, commerce, trade, development and FDI.
At the moment, Indian Opposition politicians think that the country’s independence and prestige have been sold out. Many US politicians are thinking that a gaping hole has been punched into the NPT regime. Yes, both are right, although the Indian side is stretching it a bit. In US, the Nuclear Lobby Group has gained an upper hand. When Manmohan – Bush finalized this deal in July of 2005, the Lobby Group mounted an instantaneous opposition. Unable to persuade the Bush administration to renege the deal, they changed tactics and have started a campaign against it with the US Congress (the elected body). This resulted in US sending a tough negotiator in Nicholas Burn to negotiate further details and possible concessions to salvage the deal in the US Congress. He did well and ended up in getting ironclad concessions prior to President Bush’s visit to India.
THE TRUTH BEHIND INDIA US NUCLEAR DEAL
IN THE fullness of time, last week's nuclear agreement between India and the United States will be seen as one of those decisive moments in international politics when two powers who have been courting each other for some time decide finally to cross the point of no return. The U.S. and India have `come out', so to speak, and the world will never be the same again.
Every world order needs rules in order to sustain itself but sometimes the rules can become a hindrance to the hegemonic strength of the power that underpins that order. Following India's nuclear tests in 1998, the U.S. had two options: continuing to believe the Indian nuclear genie could be put back, or harnessing India's evident strategic weight for its own geopolitical aims before that power grows too immense or is harnessed by others like Europe or China. The U.S. has chosen the latter option, and the joint statement released by President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on July 18 is the most dramatic textual manifestation of what Washington is attempting to do.
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INDIA/US: Nuclear Deal
NEW DELHI, Dec 21 (IPS) - As the window of opportunity to complete the United States-India nuclear cooperation deal narrows, the agreement seems to be running into problems with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Vienna-based United Nations body dealing with nuclear matters.
The deal already faces stiff domestic opposition.
Indian negotiators have returned from Vienna after a second round of talks with the IAEA secretariat without clinching an agreement on an arrangement for special inspections of India's civilian nuclear facilities, says an Indian official on condition that he not be named.
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A breakthrough in the india-US Nuclear Deal
India’s nuclear deal with the US might be saved. After weeks of bad news, with the Indian government failing to get its Communist-led parliamentary allies on side, the ground is at last shifting and it looks as if the Bharatiya Janata Party, India’s main opposition which has been objecting to the deal, might save the day.It is of course too early to be sure, but I’d put money on a parliamentary debate quite soon where the Left gets isolated and there is a consensus – or maybe even a vote – in favor of going ahead. That would enable the deal to proceed via the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and meet the January deadline that the US is aiming for.
So what’s happened to lift the pall of gloom that was falling last week over the deal and over India-US relations? Basically, US diplomats in Delhi - plus former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger who is visiting the city - have been calling in favors from old contacts in the BJP who they have been nurturing for years. The US has always felt more comfortable with the right-wing Hindu-nationalist BJP than with the Congress Party, which leads the current government. The BJP, which started defense and nuclear talks with the US when it was in power from 1998-2004, has traditionally been seen as more pro-business than Congress, which comes from a Socialist background and built India’s Cold War alliance with the former Soviet Union.
READ MOREIndia-US nuclear deal 'at risk' 16OCT 2007
Indian PM Manmohan Singh has told US President George W Bush he is having difficulty implementing a controversial nuclear deal with the United States.
Mr Singh had briefed Mr Bush by phone on Monday, a government statement said.
Differences between the Congress-led government and its allies over the deal has led to talk of early elections.
It is the first clear sign India may shelve the deal, which could end its international isolation on the nuclear issue and provide a key energy source.
India-US nuclear deal wavers 24 oct 2007
A US-Indian accord on civilian nuclear cooperation, once hailed as one of the most significant foreign-policy achievements of the Bush presidency, is on the ropes and may die before it is ever approved.
US officials are working with the government of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to keep the agreement alive despite intensifying political opposition in India – a country President Bush likes to refer to as the world's largest democracy. The setback comes at a particularly sensitive moment in US relations with South Asia, as the stability of neighboring Pakistan and the regime of US ally Gen. Pervez Musharraf appears to be increasingly in question.
India - U.S. Joint Statement July 18, 2005
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Bush today declare their resolve to transform the relationship between their countries and establish a global partnership. As leaders of nations committed to the values of human freedom, democracy and rule of law, the new relationship between India and the United States will promote stability, democracy, prosperity and peace throughout the world. It will enhance our ability to work together to provide global leadership in areas of mutual concern and interest.
Building on their common values and interests, the two leaders resolve:
Bush Officials Defend India Nuclear Deal july 20, 2005
CHRONOLOGY - Twists and turns in the India-U.S. nuclear deal aug 24,2007
A historic nuclear energy deal between India and the United States is hanging in the balance due to political opposition in New Delhi but could still be saved if it reaches the U.S. Congress early next year, analysts said. Communist allies of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's coalition have demanded the deal be put on hold until their concerns are addressed and have implied they would end their support for the government, triggering fears for the pact.
Here is a timeline of some key developments over the past two years:
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This MICRO PRESENTATION gives links to the "objections to the agreement" and "ONLINE DEBATE" (that took place on 26 May 2006) to the web pages of "Council On Foreign Relations" which in turn, gives the US point of view.
For objections to the deal from an Indian point of view, please see the article "India and the Bush doctrine".
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