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The Indo-US nuclear deal sets a bad precedent, and should not be pursued further,Over the past few years, India and Pakistan have made strides toward easing tensions.
Nuclear-armed states are criminal states. They have a legal obligation, confirmed by the World Court, to live up to Article 6 of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, which calls on them to carry out good-faith negotiations to eliminate nuclear weapons entirely. No nuclear state has lived up to it, especially the US.
On July 27, Washington entered into an agreement with India that guts the central part of the NPT, though there remains substantial opposition in both countries. India, like Israel & Pakistan (but unlike Iran), is not an NPT signatory, and has developed nuclear weapons out of the purview of the treaty. With this new agreement, the Bush Administration effectively endorses and facilitates this outlaw behaviour. The agreement violates US law, and bypasses the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the 45 nations that have established strict rules to lessen the danger of proliferation of nuclear weapons. Daryl Kimball, Executive Director of the Arms Control Association, observes that the agreement doesn’t bar further Indian nuclear testing and, “incredibly, ... commits Washington to help New Delhi secure fuel supplies from other countries even if India resumes testing.” It also permits India to “free up its limited domestic supplies for bomb production.” The Indo-US agreement is likely to prompt others to violate rules as well. Pakistan is reported to be building a plutonium production reactor for nuclear weapons. Israel has been lobbying Congress for privileges similar to India’s. France, Russia & Australia are pursuing nuclear deals with India.
The Indo-US deal mixes military and commercial motives. Nuclear weapons specialist Gary Milhollin noted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s testimony to Congress that the agreement was “crafted with the private sector firmly in mind,” particularly aircraft and reactors and, Milhollin stresses, military aircraft. By undermining the barriers against nuclear war, he adds, the agreement not only increases regional tensions but also “may hasten the day when a nuclear explosion destroys an American city.” Kimball points out that the US is granting India “terms of nuclear trade more favourable than those for states that have assumed all obligations & responsibilities” of NPT.
Over the past few years, India and Pakistan have made strides toward easing tensions. People-to-people contacts have increased and the governments are in discussion over the many outstanding issues. Those promising developments may well be reversed by the deal. One of the means to build confidence was the creation of a natural gas pipeline from Iran through Pakistan into India, which might become a casualty of the Indo-US agreement. The deal continues the pattern of the US taking every measure to isolate Iran. In 2006, the US Congress passed the Hyde Act, specifically demanding that the US government “secure India’s full and active participation in United States’ efforts to dissuade, isolate, and if necessary, sanction and contain Iran for its efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction.”
This Indo-US agreement richly deserves to be derailed. The threat of nuclear war is extremely serious, and growing, partly since nuclear states – led by the US – are significantly violating them. A better way to go forward is to pursue the need for global nuclear disarmament, recognising that the very survival of the species is at stake.
Noam Chomsky
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The Indo-US nuclear deal sets a bad precedent, and should not be pursued further,Over the past few years, India and Pakistan have made strides toward easing tensions.
Nuclear-armed states are criminal states. They have a legal obligation, confirmed by the World Court, to live up to Article 6 of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, which calls on them to carry out good-faith negotiations to eliminate nuclear weapons entirely. No nuclear state has lived up to it, especially the US.On July 27, Washington entered into an agreement with India that guts the central part of the NPT, though there remains substantial opposition in both countries. India, like Israel & Pakistan (but unlike Iran), is not an NPT signatory, and has developed nuclear weapons out of the purview of the treaty. With this new agreement, the Bush Administration effectively endorses and facilitates this outlaw behaviour. The agreement violates US law, and bypasses the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the 45 nations that have established strict rules to lessen the danger of proliferation of nuclear weapons. Daryl Kimball, Executive Director of the Arms Control Association, observes that the agreement doesn’t bar further Indian nuclear testing and, “incredibly, ... commits Washington to help New Delhi secure fuel supplies from other countries even if India resumes testing.” It also permits India to “free up its limited domestic supplies for bomb production.” The Indo-US agreement is likely to prompt others to violate rules as well. Pakistan is reported to be building a plutonium production reactor for nuclear weapons. Israel has been lobbying Congress for privileges similar to India’s. France, Russia & Australia are pursuing nuclear deals with India.
The Indo-US deal mixes military and commercial motives. Nuclear weapons specialist Gary Milhollin noted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s testimony to Congress that the agreement was “crafted with the private sector firmly in mind,” particularly aircraft and reactors and, Milhollin stresses, military aircraft. By undermining the barriers against nuclear war, he adds, the agreement not only increases regional tensions but also “may hasten the day when a nuclear explosion destroys an American city.” Kimball points out that the US is granting India “terms of nuclear trade more favourable than those for states that have assumed all obligations & responsibilities” of NPT.
Over the past few years, India and Pakistan have made strides toward easing tensions. People-to-people contacts have increased and the governments are in discussion over the many outstanding issues. Those promising developments may well be reversed by the deal. One of the means to build confidence was the creation of a natural gas pipeline from Iran through Pakistan into India, which might become a casualty of the Indo-US agreement. The deal continues the pattern of the US taking every measure to isolate Iran. In 2006, the US Congress passed the Hyde Act, specifically demanding that the US government “secure India’s full and active participation in United States’ efforts to dissuade, isolate, and if necessary, sanction and contain Iran for its efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction.”
This Indo-US agreement richly deserves to be derailed. The threat of nuclear war is extremely serious, and growing, partly since nuclear states – led by the US – are significantly violating them. A better way to go forward is to pursue the need for global nuclear disarmament, recognising that the very survival of the species is at stake.
Noam Chomsky
For more articles, Click on IIPM Article.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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B-schooled in India, Placed Abroad (Print Version)
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IIPM Campus
ZEE BUSINESS BEST B SCHOOL SURVEY
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