Indo-US Nuke Deal: Securing Our Interests
Indo-US Nuke Deal: Securing Our Interests *Saumitra Mohan The recent Indo-US nuclear deal has been construed to be pregnant with lot many epoch-making implications for the bilateral relations between the two countries. Most significantly, the deal is being seen to have marked a major policy shift in United States’ foreign policy vis-à-vis India against the formers’ penchant for treating India on par with Pakistan. But critics to the deal have strongly objected to certain aspects of the deal including reference to the threat of scrapping it in case of India conducting further nuclear tests. Many have found such a reference to be highly obnoxious and to be an interference with our sovereign rights. While a healthy debate on such a treaty is always advisable in keeping with our democratic ethos, the same should not be allowed to go to such an extent to throw the baby with the bath water. Let’s discuss some issues revolving around this particular objection to the deal. One feels that the o...