Ramamurthy, VS
(2016)
The Indo-US nuclear deal – a decade after.
Current Science, 110 (2).
pp. 141-143.
| Abstract: |
On 18 July 2005, our former Prime
Minister, Manmohan Singh and former
President of USA, George Bush, had
signed a historic Joint Statement on
future strategic partnership between the
two countries that included economic,
energy and strategic components. In the
Joint Statement, USA not only recognized
India as a state with advanced nuclear
technology, but also committed to
achieve full civil nuclear energy cooperation
with India. The genesis of the
Joint Statement was a dialogue begun
earlier in January 2004 between India
and USA, ‘Next Steps in Strategic Partnership
(NSSP)’, when the two countries
agreed to negotiate and expand cooperation
in the three areas that also included
civilian nuclear activities. The Joint
Statement was followed by a formal Civil
Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, signed
by the same two dignitaries on 2 March
2006 in New Delhi. While these were
presented as natural steps in the direction
of facilitating high-technology trade, there
was considerable skepticism amongst us.
I was part of the Indian delegation accompanying
the Prime Minister to the
US and had an opportunity to witness
from close quarters some of the hectic
parleys preceding the signing of the Joint
Statement. How can one forget that for a
large part of the 60 years of independent
India, USA has not been our great ally?
How can one also forget the US-led
technology denial regime following the
1974 Pokhran Peaceful Nuclear Experiment
by India? The NSSP and the Joint
Statement therefore came as a surprise to
many of us. The foremost question in
everyone’s mind was ‘What is there in it
for us and what is there in it for the US?’ |
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| Subjects: |
General > Directors > V S Ramamurthy > Publications |
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Schools > Natural Sciences and Engineering |
| Date Deposited: |
05 Apr 2016 07:06 |
| Last Modified: |
06 Oct 2017 04:48 |
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