2nd Edition

Indo-US Nuclear Deal Seeking Synergy in Bilateralism

Edited By P R Chari Copyright 2009
    384 Pages
    by Routledge India

    384 Pages
    by Routledge India

    This book interrogates the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement from its inception in July 2005 to its conclusion in the latter part of 2008 through 12 articles, each of which focuses on different aspects of the deal. They discuss the factors that facilitated the deal, the roadblocks that were encountered, and the implications of the deal for the future of India’s foreign policy, its energy security and the international non-proliferation regime. Together, they address the internal political dynamics in India and the United States in order to present perspectives of both countries.

    Chapter 1 Introduction, P.R. Chari; Chapter 2 Tarapur, Eric Gonsalves; Chapter 3 Prime Time Deal, Vidya Shankar Aiyar; Chapter 4 Politics and Lobbyists, David Temple; Chapter 5 Internal Roadblocks to the Indo-US Nuclear Deal, Rekha Chakravarthi; Chapter 6 The Process of Negotiation of the Nuclear Deal/123 Agreement, Reshmi Kazi; Chapter 7 Chronicle of a Deal Foretold, Dhruva Jaishankar; Chapter 8 Implications of the Indo-US Nuclear Deal for India’s Energy and Military Programmes, R. Rajaraman; Chapter 9 Fast Breeder Reactors, Ashwin Kumar; Chapter 10 The Indo-US Nuclear Deal and the Non-Proliferation Debate, Swapna Kona Nayudu; Chapter 11 The Indo-US Nuclear Deal in the Context of Indian Foreign Policy, Lalit Mansingh; Chapter 12; Conclusion the Indo-US Nuclear Deal, P.R. Chari; Chapter 13 Sequel, P.R. Chari;

    Biography

    P. R. Chari is a former member of the Indian Administrative Service (1960 batch / Madhya Pradesh cadre). He has been the Director of the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and Research Professor at the Centre for Policy Research, and is currently Research Professor at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi. He has served in several senior positions in the Central and State Governments, including the Ministry of Defence, where he was Additional Secretary. He has also been International Fellow, Centre for International Affairs, Harvard University (1983-84) and Visiting Fellow, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1998). He has worked extensively on nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and Indian defence issues. He has published over 1300 op-ed articles in newspapers/websites and over 140 monographs and major papers in learned journal/chapters in books abroad and in India. His recent books include Four Crises and a Peace Process: American Engagement in South Asia (co-authored with Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema and Stephen P. Cohen), Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2007; Armed Conflicts in South Asia (co-edited), Routledge, 2008; and Making Borders Irrelevant in Kashmir (co-authored with Hasan Askari Rizvi), United States Institute of Peace, 2008.