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Thirty words that saved the day Siddharth Varadarajan's blow-by-blow account -- worth reading in full. At Vienna, the fate of the entire waiver for India from the export rules of the Nuclear Suppliers Group revolved around the use of some thirty odd words. That, plus some late-hour pinch hitting by...

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A breakthrough, says Kakodkar Surely a breakthrough and rejoiceful day. But let us not lower out guard and sleep under this tree at mid point. There are miles to go before India pulls up and is in synch with a reality commensurate with its weight. Amen. Anil Kakodkar sums it up best: “an acceptable...

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Reuters News Item The Arms Control Association made public on Tuesday a document in which the State Department answered questions from a senior U.S. congressman concerned with how the India nuclear deal squared with U.S. nonproliferation laws. The legal and technical questions were submitted in Oct...

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Even spin calls for honesty Swapan Dasgupta in Pioneer Outright untruths can have a short-term success but end up rebounding on the disseminator. In the run-up to last week's NSG meeting, the Government put out comforting projections of growing global unanimity around the India-US nuclear agreement...

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Lame Duck Sessions Since 1933 The US Congress has had a "Lame Duck" session (i.e. after the November elections) on a large number of occasions, including in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006. In 1970-71, the lame duck session extended from Nov 16 - Jan 2. In 1940, it went on from Nov 7 - Jan 3. ...

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India's commitment not to export ENR should then also come into force "with a certain delay", at the same time as ENR is allowed by NSG "after a certain time of increasing confidence between NSG and India" blah, blah. Who's ENR, Indian or imported? {if no ENR is allowed to be im...

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So I would guess, that ENR would be allowed automatically but with a certain delay , "after a certain time of increasing confidence between NSG and India" blah, blah. {maybe a year or so}. India's commitment not to export ENR should then also come into force "with a certain delay&quo...

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Stratfor Analysis: Kosovo Independence at the Heart of Georgia Russia Crisis The Russian empire — czarist and Soviet — expanded to its borders in the 17th and 19th centuries. It collapsed in 1992. The Western powers wanted to make the disintegration permanent. It was inevitable that Russia would, i...

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As recently as July 27, 2008, McCain has called for Russia's expulsion from G-8. This was before Georgia. Transcript of McCain on “This Week” STEPHANOPOULOS: But how is kicking out of the G-8 going to make that better? We need them… MCCAIN: The G-8… STEPHANOPOULOS: … to help secure nuclear weapons. ...

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If the US doesn't show the above, then any acceptance of India of any further conditions would prove very contra-productive the next time India sits down to negotiate anything, possibly with a subsequent Administration. India should not let the baseline of conditions to go up. Giving in to more con...

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................. 4. Some are okay with conditions with interpretable language but without crossing verbal redlines. ............. 6. Some want UNSC before this deal 7. Some want this deal only if it exactly conforms to J18 I think MMS and his brainstrust are closer to View #4 while a majority of t...

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Bush has been a slide since J18. NSG is the lowest he can stoop. It can get lower than where we are at this point. How about NSG passes a waiver with language that India does not accept, and goes home? For a trailer of this movie, just refresh your memory with the sequence of events before Hyde was...

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b) sraj said " That is why I have argued on several occasions that India's membership of the UNSC on par with the P-5 is the only way to mitigate the risk of self-interested interpretation/resolution of a dispute by a UNSC whose members will naturally be driven by their geo-political interests...

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And is this a good enough reason to make the strategic concessions that India has already made, or which are currently on the table? In my opinion, not at all! (I take it that your question is meant to be rhetorical.) Sanatanan: it was rhetorical, and you answered it. The value of this deal to Indi...

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As I see it, the crux of the issue is not the capability in India to establish the requisite process parameters as well as design the plants - be they reactors or enrichment plants or reprocessing plants - of higher capacity, consistent with the number of reactors that might be constructed as per t...

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i) India's commitment not to export ENR is taken for granted, but we are still arguing whether the world will provide ENR to India. ii) India's commitment to adhere to NSG guidelines (including future changes over which India will have no say) is taken for granted, but we are still arguing under wh...

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2. The IAEA agreement, while not perfect, is acceptable and has been so accepted. Not by everyone yet. There are some so called paranoids there, on whom at least I can completely entrust India's strategic interests, in all its dimensions. It comes down to this. Remember the agreement with Canada to...

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4. The 123 Agreement was simply the Hyde Law (this one takes the cake, actually, for distortion of reality). Hyde Act binding on India, says Nicholas Burns Former American pointsman of the Indo-US nuclear deal Nicholas Burns says the 123 Agreement is "absolutely" consistent with the contr...

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sraj, Since you accuse me of insulting your intelligence, kindly desist from ever addressing posts to me. Kindly deal only with mortals with your high level of intellect. Since I cannot match that level of intellect, I'm forced to put you on ignore. You may do the same with me given that I insult y...

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1. 123 is a flawed agreement. It reflects the Hyde Act while using creative language to make it appear as if it does not. Its flaws have been enumerated exhaustively on numerous threads here and in the media. 2. The IAEA agreement, while not perfect, is acceptable and has been so accepted. Posters w...

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What made me fly off was TPS suggesting more changes which shows whose side is he batting. TP Sreenivasan's Blog Blog From a December 7, 2005 speech at the Stimson Center, Washington, DC posted on his blog: There are half-baked notions about India using its plentiful thorium resources to replace ur...

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India, US work on revised text for NSG waiver by Indrani Bagchi : TOI There are three main conditions that have become the "core" — a "testing" clause, bar on transfer of enrichment and reprocessing technology and a periodic review of India's compliance. The easiest to resolve w...

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NZ's membership of ANZUS goes back decades into the last century.It is quite understandable historically for it to have entered into security arrangements with its only neighbour OZ and the US,the most powerful Pacific power. We can't question the sovereign right of a nation to do so. NZ's antipath...

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To be fair to New Zealand ,it has for decades had a prinicipled stand against nuclear proliferation,even years ago enraging the US by banning US warships (PM David Lange banned the USS Buchannan) from entering NZ ports if they carried nukes. .................... David Lange stated that if the secur...

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http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf23.html I think it is a bit more difficult then that. Niger and Namibian mines are controlled by Australian (Rio Tinto) and Canadian (Uraniumone) companies. Only Uzbekistan (Navoi) might offer some option - though I doubt it. Incidentally the Chinese Govt throug...

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Thanks, Shaurya, for the confidence. :) Here is the problem: even a 2nd NSG waiver draft finalized after tough negotiations by MEA with the Americans over the next 2 weeks will be MEANINGLESS and WORTHLESS unless the US COMMITS to opposing any changes to this draft at the next NSG meeting. Solution:...

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Here are some more 'cosmetic' changes which India can suggest in the NSG draft waiver: 2a. Deciding to separate its civilian nuclear facilities from its strategic and military nuclear facilities in a phased manner and file a voluntary offer [declaration - delete] regarding its civilian nuclear facil...

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A Live Example of Unkil trying to manipulate Indian Media and Indian Media quitely acquiescing. A small setback at NSG: Economic Times Bureau But while we can well demand a “clean exemption”, and oppose conditionalities, it does makes sense to be reasonably flexible. The Indo-US nuclear deal after ...

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The doors could have been opened through non-NSG members first. Who knows, what the geo-political situation would be in another 5-10 years? We should not have looked at nuclear energy as the linchpin till the third stage was ready. Also, the ability to virtually double our reserves is no joke. It p...

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India is the class of the P-5, so, why go down to the level of these 8 yahoos? You want to get at NZ - do not buy products from them, stop exchange of cricket teams, etc. NRao: my post is not about getting back at NZ -- they are insignificant, and in any case are playing the US game. It is about re...

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Since India is not part of any Anti Nuclear Cartel, What is the implication of trading nuke technology with countries that can supply fossil fuel? I don't mean trading with countries like N.Korea. But other responsble countries like Brazil or Jordon or Egypt etc? Anyone? Manny No need for such tact...

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U.S. draft is another surrender: CPI (M) The party said the draft suggested the imposition of several implicit conditions on India . These included the extension of the voluntary moratorium on nuclear tests to a multilateral undertaking, the acceptance of any future changes in NSG guidelines withou...

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Since India is not part of any Anti Nuclear Cartel, What is the implication of trading nuke technology with countries that can supply fossil fuel? I don't mean trading with countries like N.Korea. But other responsble countries like Brazil or Jordon or Egypt etc? Currently, it is perfectly legal, u...

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However, I do not contest your views and the need to take the battle for morals to the Kiwis themselves. How many times have you been asked to explain how the 'caste system' is holding back India's progress, or why the poor 'untouchable' masses are exploited nd mistreated by the Indian elite. All I...

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Maoris are getting a better deal these days. A little bit of money today is not going to compensate for the illegal confiscation of Maori land and violation of treaties which has occurred historically. Here is some info on the ongoing land claims: Maori Independence Site : Tino Rangatiratanga And h...

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These hypocritical Kiwis don't have the guts to withdraw from the ANZUS military alliance with Australia and the US, even after the US 'suspended' its treaty obligations to New Zealand more than 20 years ago in response to their moralizing on nuclear issues. It is easy to get on your high horse and ...

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“Things are really very clear,” a senior official told The Hindu when asked for his reaction to the NSG stalemate. “There was an agreement in 2005 in which we both made certain commitments. We have delivered on all of ours. Now the Americans have to deliver the NSG,” he said, “not us.” In the July ...

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While personalities (Bush, MMS, etc.) are important from a relationship perspective - These agreements are made between nations. Agree. Just replace Bush with US and MMS with India. Bottomline: Either the US can deliver its side of the J18 understandings, or it cannot. We will find out soon enough....

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From KP Nayar's piece in Telegraph posted above: Although no country put it in so many words at the very civil NSG deliberations and in private discussions on its sidelines, such criticism of the Bush administration amounted to telling Washington that it had double standards on nuclear non-prolifera...

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CTBT cannot enter into force if India does not sign and ratify. MMS recently stated categorically that India will not sign CTBT. The only way India can sign CTBT is if it follows the path taken by France and China in the few years before they signed up. Sraj, One reason why India has been able to w...

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