tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post7700603179151894827..comments2024-03-01T13:51:47.721+05:30Comments on Reality, one bite at a time: Chinese analysis on 'aims behind on U.S.-India nuclear deal'Siddharth Varadarajanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721228307097170092noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post-21938105528340722212008-10-20T07:58:00.000+05:302008-10-20T07:58:00.000+05:30China is definitely in the picture both from the U...China is definitely in the picture both from the US and Indian perspective..whatever be the purposes of the US-India deal. Now that Pakistan has managed to pull of an offer from <A HREF="http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-10-18-pakistan-china_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip" REL="nofollow">China to build two more Pak reactors</A> without even signing a separation agreement with IAEA; it will interesting to see how exactly this Indian separation plan arrangement with IAEA works out and nuclear technology buying agreement evolves when the US-India kind of separation deal is not going to be unique arrangement but a uniform global nuclear trade system. India may very well lose a lot of flexibility and freedom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post-90104548146851845662008-10-12T23:41:00.000+05:302008-10-12T23:41:00.000+05:30http://renjithmn.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/a-camouf...http://renjithmn.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/a-camouflage-nuclear-deal/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post-34918055543344470542008-10-11T13:00:00.000+05:302008-10-11T13:00:00.000+05:30Quite perceptive, insightful and realistic analysi...Quite perceptive, insightful and realistic analysis.<BR/><BR/>Compare this with the following:<BR/><BR/>I.<BR/>Quote<BR/>A transformed bilateral relationship that makes the United States, as Rice put it, "a reliable partner for India as it makes its move as a global power" will ultimately advance America's own global interests in defeating terrorism, arresting nuclear proliferation, promoting democracy, and preserving a stable balance of power in Asia over the long term. <BR/>Unquote<BR/><BR/>[Ashley Tellis in Indo-US Relations Headed for a Grand Transformation? 14 July 2005,<BR/>at http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=5999]<BR/><BR/>II.<BR/>Quote<BR/>The president's gamble is premised on the conviction that whatever specific Indian policies at any point may be, India's national interests converge fundamentally with that of the U.S. Consequently, India will remain a friendly state whose growth in capabilities ought to be assisted because it comports with larger American interests in Asia and globally. <BR/>Unquote<BR/><BR/>[Ashley Tellis in American Giver, Sep 29 2008<BR/>at http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/09/29/bush-singh-nuclear-oped-cx_at_0929tellis.html]<BR/><BR/>III.<BR/>Quote<BR/>[Q:] What does the Indo-US nuclear agreement really mean for India?<BR/><BR/>[A:] I would say it means three things. (One) It is a changing of a very powerful set of global rules to accommodate India; it is a recognition of India’s responsibility and its rising capabilities; and the importance of the US-India partnership. Two, it gives India access to something it has never had for the last 30-odd years, and that is nuclear energy cooperation with a whole range of countries, which is going to be vital if India is going to meet its developmental goals. The third is more symbolic, in that it means the end of the nuclear apartheid regime to use (former external affairs minister) Jaswant Singh’s famous phrase, that kept India out of the group of elite countries. I think it is truly a transformative event and when historians write about in the coming decades, I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that this will have been one of those turning points in India’s march towards becoming a great power.<BR/>Unquote<BR/><BR/>[Ashley Tellis in an interview, Sep 28 2008<BR/>at http://www.livemint.com/2008/09/28220522/De-facto-not-de-jure--India.html]<BR/><BR/>IV.<BR/>Quote<BR/>From the Indian side, the main driver is its elite's mindless obsession with attaining a full-scale nuclear status – global recognition of its nuclear weapon capability and continuing programme, and also safeguarding and promoting its nuclear energy industry. From its point of view, a closer relation with the US, even as a sub-junior partner, will also serve the other major 'strategic goals' viz. emerging as a mini-hegemon in Asia / South Asia, firmly establish its clear superiority over Pakistan, the traditional rival and neighbour – one-sixth of its size in terms of population, and neutralise (much stronger) China – to whatever extent possible. India will, however, not like to completely surrender its autonomy of options within this broader framework, in so far as these are perceived to be in alignment with these 'strategic goals', and engage with other regional/global powers – including Russia, France and even China, who pose varying degrees of challenge to the global hegemon. Indian Prime Minister's recent sojourn to Russia goes to further underscore this aspect and the complex nature of the game it is out to play in the global arena.<BR/><BR/>By offering this sop, Washington evidently wants to coopt India as a (sub-junior but nevertheless valuable) partner in its global gambit for unilateral domination(8). To demonstrate its power and sincerity it has already engineered India's inclusion as a member of the (highly prestigious!) International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project. Evidently this would have had not been possible without aggressive string pulling by the Bush administration(9).<BR/><BR/>It goes without saying that from the perspective of the peace movement, this is a very worrying development. On the one hand, it aids, abets and further encourages the neocon coterie-led US drive for an unfettered global Empire and, on the other, signifies India's transmutation from a champion of the global underdogs and consequent emergence as a continually growing threat, as exemplified through its earlier rejection of the CTBT in 96 culminating in the May 98 nuclear explosions, to the prospects of global peace and nuclear disarmament in its own right – US, or no US.<BR/>Unquote<BR/><BR/>[Excerpted from 'Indo-US Nuke Deal: Disturbing and Destabilising Development' by Sukla Sen, Jan. 20 2006 at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/india-unity/message/8159]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com