There is every reason to believe that India and the United States will work side by side in the years to come. However, the nuclear cooperation proposal should not be the linchpin of U.S.-Indian relations, and if Congress acts in ways to address the deal's proliferation risks, bilateral relations will still prosper and the nuclear nonproliferation system will not unravel.
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This is the first salvo. China could be next in trying to propose a similar loophole for Pakistan.Daryl Kimball
What you see here is the U.S. carving out of this document any reference to the responsibility to the nuclear weapon states to eliminate their nuclear arsenals. And that is going to make it all the more difficult to strengthen an already beleaguered nuclear nonproliferation system because other states are less likely to foreclose their nuclear options if the United States and others continue to pursue theirs.
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In Congress, this one clearly crosses party lines. The bottom line is this will not come out of Congress the way it came in.
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If the Indians mean what they say (about not testing), they should have no quibble with this provision.
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This is a highly complex deal and on balance it is not in the national security interests of the US. It will damage the nuclear non proliferation regime.
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The bottom line is that this deal would allow India to significantly increase its nuclear weapons arsenal and provides precious little safeguarding. This is a nonproliferation nothing-burger, and Congress will see it as that if they look carefully.
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