I forgot to mention that Siddharth Varadarajan has an very detailed article in the Hindu concerning the separation plan and the text of the implementation agreement between the US and India. The bottom line, according to Varadarajan, is that India has created two “strategic hubs”: the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and the Indira Gandhi Centre …
Boogie Oogie Oogie
by | 2006-03-11 | 3 Comments
Friend of Wonk Haninah Levine takes a turn as special correspondent, attending the Hudson Institute’s Stopping the Iranian Nuclear Program: Is There an Israeli Option? with Lt. Gen. Moshe Yaalon, Former Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces. It isn’t quite sneaking past the velvet rope into Studio 54 and Yaalon isn’t Andy Warhol, …
India Legislation Text
by | 2006-03-10 | 1 Comment
A copy of the administration’s legislative proposal regarding the US-India nuclear agreement landed on my desk. Basically, the administration wants Congress to change the Atomic Energy Act so the US and India can conclude a nuclear cooperation agreement. Here’s the text: Authority relating to U.S.-India nuclear cooperation. This provision facilitates civil nuclear cooperation with India …
Tender Mercies: ISIS on India
by | 2006-03-10 | 7 Comments
ISIS has released a report, India’s Gas Centrifuge Program: Stopping Illicit Procurement and the Leakage of Technical Centrifuge Know-How, arguing that the Indian system of using tenders to acquire export controlled technology raises concerns about proliferation. Since at least 1984, IRE has regularly placed inconspicuous lists of items in Indian newspapers, such as the Times …
