samuelbhai,samuel wrote:It is interesting, perhaps, to note that the nuclear deal with Japan, per Burns, had over 400 pages. Almost no commitments were made in the China-US agreement, which is a much shorter document. India's is slightly longer than China's. If one were to go by the length of these documents alone, one wonders whether it is inversely proportional to how close an ally the US considers the other side to be and, similarly, inversely proportional to the degree of commitment it wishes to make to the bilateral cooperation.
No need to scratch your head and wonder as to why these agreements are of such differing lengths. Its a very zimble matter see!!!. China had the lowest amount of nuke generating capacity when its agreement was signed, something under 2000 MW so its agreement was shortest. India has an installed capacity right now of something between 5000 to 5500MW so its agreement is slightly longer. Japan on the other hand has an installed capacity of about 50,000 MW. So its agreement is the longest!! Zimble onlee. No need to wonder about conspiracy theories. The more the number of facilities listed and covered in the agreement , the longer it will be.!!!
Q.E.D.