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- 09 Oct 2008 21:25
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
Vardarajan Hindu article: http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2008/10/bush-signing-statement-on-123-leaves.html Bush signing statement on 123 leaves flaws intact President endorses fuel assurances, but U.S. interpretation of agreement is unchanged Siddharth Varadarajan In a well-attended ceremony that ...
- 09 Oct 2008 06:41
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
Narayangaru - You are doing this often so I thought I'll point out COTUS means Constitution of US, not Congress of the US. Incidently, Bush statement does not mean "fuel assurance is there". He is confirming it is there in 123, but that is already know. Dispute is over nature of that assur...
- 09 Oct 2008 01:47
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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- Views: 464671
Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
Will there be a further statement disowning parts of the law that conflict with POTUS power to make US foreign policy? Like after the Hyde Act? NDTV said we should wait for that statement before reaching any final judgment.
- 09 Oct 2008 01:25
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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- Views: 464671
Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
Bush statement before signing 123 Agreement law http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2008/10/bush-statement-before-signing-123.html Some preliminary thoughts, minutes after seeing President Bush sign the 123 enabling At into law... His spoken remarks were cleverly crafted to go as far as he can in accom...
- 08 Oct 2008 01:58
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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- Views: 464671
Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
Bush signing statement - Don't hold your breath
http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2008/1 ... -your.html
http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2008/1 ... -your.html
- 05 Oct 2008 00:20
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/04/stories/2008100460181000.htm Uncertainty over signing of 123 agreement during Rice visit Siddharth Varadarajan India ‘ok’ with draft Bush statement, will contest U.S. interpretations later U.S. is keen for the 123 to be formally concluded during the visit India wants ...
- 03 Oct 2008 11:42
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
Varadaraja blog: http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2008/10/123-miscellany.html 123 miscellany Now that the 123 has been approved, John McCain takes a pot shot at Barack Obama and claims his spot on the winning side: During the Senate's previous consideration of this important legislation, Senator Oba...
- 03 Oct 2008 11:40
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
Hindu leader http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/03/stories/2008100356401000.htm Do not operationalise 123 Given the riders that accompanied the passage of the U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Agreement through Capitol Hill, there is no reason for the United Progressive Alliance government to feel euphoric a...
- 02 Oct 2008 10:07
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
It is quite sickening to see the ecstasy here and cheering for America now that the Senate has done this. Please remember the prize is/was NSG. Do not buy from America unless you want to regrets this later.
- 30 Sep 2008 18:32
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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- Views: 464671
Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
From S Varadarajan blog: http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2008/09/time-for-debate-on-liability-and.html Time for a debate on liability and damages Paul Kerr of the Congressional Research Service runs a quiet but useful blog on arms control issues. Thanks to him, we have the on-the-record answers pro...
- 21 Sep 2008 11:43
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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- Views: 464671
Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/09/rushing-into-the-wrong-future-the-us-india-nuclear-deal-energy-and-security/ Rushing into the Wrong Future: The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal, Energy and Security by Andrew Lichterman and M.V. Ramana / September 20th, 2008 In March 2000, the former President Bill Clin...
- 19 Sep 2008 15:02
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
From SV blog: http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2008/09/senate-hearing-on-123-agreement.html Senate 'testimoney' on the 123 Agreement Siddharth Varadarajan The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on September 18 held a hearing on the 'Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with India', a.k.a. the ...
- 18 Sep 2008 18:39
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
Albright's press release September 18, 2008 Indian Nuclear Export Controls and Information Security: Important Questions Remain Are Indian export controls and information security congruent with the promises and cheerleading? David Albright and Paul Brannan View the full report with imagery at: http...
- 17 Sep 2008 23:34
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
Why India and not Israel? From blog of S. Varadarajan http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2008/09/why-india-and-not-israel-heres-why.html Why India and not Israel? Here's why 'Why India and not Israel?" asks Avner Cohen in today's Ha'aretz : India's exemption could become a precedent for a new ap...
- 16 Sep 2008 16:11
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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- Views: 464671
Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2008/09/end-of-road-for-123-agreement.html End of the road for the 123 agreement -- Siddharth varadarajan A senior scientist who has closely followed the nuclear deal told me recently of a peculiar ritual among the ancients known as the vridhrshti of the paramachary...
- 15 Sep 2008 14:11
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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- Views: 464671
Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
Key word is "potential weapons use" kinda confused with the language? does it means that till now there were 22 reactors that were available for military purpose, now only 8 will be available? The NPA disputes claims by some critics of the nuclear deal that it would free up India’s own ura...
- 15 Sep 2008 12:14
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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- Views: 464671
Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
Dunno if these being poster here yet: 1. K.P. Nayyar in Telegraph on Bush admin. asking Indians to lobby with Senators to get the 123 act past Bush taps Indians to push N-deal in Senate K.P. NAYAR http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080915/jsp/frontpage/story_9834755.jsp#top 2. Sidhartha Varadarajan arti...
- 13 Sep 2008 00:54
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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- Views: 464671
Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
Latest from SV blog: http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2008/09/wapos-non-news-on-enr-at-nsg.html WaPo's non-news on ENR at the NSG Glenn Kessler in today's Washington Post has a "sensational" story about how the Nuclear Suppliers Group last week reached a gentleman's understanding about not...
- 12 Sep 2008 12:31
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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- Views: 464671
Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
The link to this in SV's blog seems not working so here is the full article on China, worth reading in full China 'overestimated' the strength of India's critics at NSG 'Procedural procrastination' was Chinese strategy to delay India waiver, NSG diplomats say Siddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: Disputi...
- 10 Sep 2008 23:44
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion
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- Views: 464671
Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 6 sep 2008
Detailed story by Varadarajan on China at the NSG:
China 'overestimated' the strength of the 'seven dwarfs' at NSG
'Procedural procrastination' was Chinese strategy to delay India waiver, NSG diplomats say ...
http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2008/0 ... seven.html
China 'overestimated' the strength of the 'seven dwarfs' at NSG
'Procedural procrastination' was Chinese strategy to delay India waiver, NSG diplomats say ...
http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2008/0 ... seven.html
- 05 Sep 2008 03:31
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion - 1 sep 2008
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Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 1 sep 2008
From SV blog:- http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2008/09/bush-berman-bombshell-and-ghosts-of.html The Bush-Berman bombshell and the ghosts of Tarapur The State Department letter is proof that America has been negotiating in bad faith. Even if the NSG grants India a clean and unconditional waiver, the...
- 03 Sep 2008 17:37
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion - 1 sep 2008
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Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 1 sep 2008
http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2008/09/stake-has-been-driven-through-nuclear.html 03 September 2008 A stake has been driven through the nuclear deal An initial reaction to the latest evidence of American bad faith Siddharth Varadarajan Vienna: On May 22, 2008, I wrote about HR711 and the "se...
- 02 Sep 2008 01:08
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India nuclear news and discussion - 1 sep 2008
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Re: India nuclear news and discussion - 1 sep 2008
Text of People's Daily commentary on the Indian nuclear deal Someone posted the PTI report but I found Siddharth Varadarajan's English translation of the article on his blog. http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2008/09/peoples-daily-commentary-on-indian.html In diplomacy, timing is everything. One day...
- 01 Sep 2008 00:14
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
- Replies: 1854
- Views: 275027
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
I think that news is bullshit. There are barely 25 sentences in the original waiver. Obviously the Canadians would not have proposed more than one amendment for each sentence!sanjaykumar wrote:I am curious as to the 25 ammendments sponsored by Canada.
- 31 Aug 2008 23:25
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
- Replies: 1854
- Views: 275027
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2008/08/nsg-draft-ver-20-reax.html From SV's blogspot: 31 August 2008 NSG draft ver 2.0: Reax Reuter's man in Vienna, Mark Heinrich, is a formidable reporter with great contacts so when he writes something, it is worth taking seriously. His dispatch today has initia...
- 25 Aug 2008 20:45
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
- Replies: 1854
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Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
Potpourri:
'Block Indian nuclear trade bid' says SA NGO
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1 ... 767C939090
Manoj Joshi, 'Running aground at NSG'
http://mjoshi.blogspot.com/2008/08/runn ... t-nsg.html
'Block Indian nuclear trade bid' says SA NGO
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1 ... 767C939090
Manoj Joshi, 'Running aground at NSG'
http://mjoshi.blogspot.com/2008/08/runn ... t-nsg.html
- 23 Aug 2008 13:18
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
- Replies: 1854
- Views: 275027
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
Was this what Varadarajan meant in his first dispatches from Vienna about Americans "underselling" the waiver? http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2008/08/eyes-on-nsg-prize-india-readies-itself.html 21 August 2008 The Hindu Eyes on NSG prize, India prepares for big day Siddharth Varadarajan V...
- 23 Aug 2008 10:16
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
- Replies: 1854
- Views: 275027
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
Too much is being spilt here on what is a relatively simple matter. 1. Unkil is going to push for amendments to the draft waiver. 2. Though he always wanted these, he would rather blame small countries in NSG for it. 3. Some in GOI will want to accommodate these demands, others, mainly in Bombay, wi...
- 23 Aug 2008 03:44
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
- Replies: 1854
- Views: 275027
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2008/08/conditions-mooted-for-indian-nuclear.html Dateline Vienna: Conditions mooted for Indian nuclear waiver They have their wish list but most NSG countries who demanded changes in the draft waiver for India in the special plenary of the nuclear cartel's meeting ...
- 22 Aug 2008 02:51
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
- Replies: 1854
- Views: 275027
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
Naysayers set to delay India decision Siddharth Varadarajan The Hindu 22/8/08 http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/22/stories/2008082257830100.htm Naysayers set to delay India decision Siddharth Varadarajan U.S., India to examine ‘suggestions’ Vienna: The Nuclear Suppliers Group began formal deliberations h...
- 21 Aug 2008 18:59
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
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- Views: 275027
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
Janta here, we should keep the discussion here civilised and not be abusive about NZ and co. They have a point of view, let us respect it and find a way to convince them. Showering gaalis and talking bravado is not helpful and they only have to read some of the more extremist comments here to feel a...
- 20 Aug 2008 18:49
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
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- Views: 275027
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
Do not go by today's story of Bagchi in TOI. Anyone else notice it is identical to the story run by Samanta in Express? The source is the same. And he is unkil. Think: All the Indian officials in the know are at the NSG -- Shiv Shankar Menon, Shyam Saran, Kakodkar. But unkil is spinning away in Delh...
- 20 Aug 2008 17:00
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
- Replies: 1854
- Views: 275027
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
Good article: The exception called India by G. Bhalachandran, Indian Express. http://www.indianexpress.com/story/350837._.html Interview with strategic affairs editor of Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan by the Heinrich Boell foundation website http://www.boell-india.org/ which belongs to the Greens Part...
- 19 Aug 2008 09:01
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
- Replies: 1854
- Views: 275027
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
While going through the armscontrolwonk comments, I found this interesting link: http://nukesofhazard.blogspot.com/2008/08/reflections-on-us-proposal-to-exempt.html where the following interpretations are offered in order to exaplain why the NSG draft is so "weaK": 1. The Bush administrati...
- 18 Aug 2008 23:35
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
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Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
There's an interesting discussion on India and the NSG exception and CTBT etc at armscontrolwonk, especially the comments section:
http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/1997/ind ... er#comment
http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/1997/ind ... er#comment
- 13 Aug 2008 16:32
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
- Replies: 1854
- Views: 275027
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
The purpose of this "planted" article in Times of India is obvious. Unkil wants the Indians to start getting used to idea that there will be conditions. TOI is playing this game. Note the article is attributed to "sources" and not "Indian sources". Those "sources&q...
- 13 Aug 2008 16:29
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
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Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 23 July 2008
Somebody asked where is the NSG draft.
I think it is here:
http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/12/stories ... 711000.htm
in Varadarajan's story in the Hindu.
I think it is here:
http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/12/stories ... 711000.htm
in Varadarajan's story in the Hindu.