Nuclear Synergy : Indo-US Strategic Cooperation and Beyond

Contents: Foreword/Rajen Harshe. Acknowledgements. Introduction/Nalini Kant Jha. I. Philosophy and evolution: 1. The ideal of liberal-democratic partnership: philosophies of international affairs and the Indo-US nuclear accord/Paul Carrese. 2. Evolution of Indo-U.S. Nuclear relations: issues of conflict and cooperation/Manuka Khanna. 3. Evolution of Indo-US Civil Nuclear Cooperation/K.P. Vijayalakshmi. II. An overview: 4. India-US Nuclear Deal: a paradigm shift in the Bilateral equation/B. Ramesh Babu. 5. India-US Nuclear Deal: security Dilemma and beyond/Dilip Mohite. 6. Indo-US Nuclear Agreement and its energy rationale: a critique/P.V. Rao. 7. India-US Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: implications for Asian Security/Tej Pratap Singh. III. Mutual concerns and reconciliation: 8. India-US Civil Nuclear Deal: concerns raised in Washington and New Delhi and its aftermath/P.M. Kamath. 9. Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Issues of concerns in India and the US/Annpurna Nautiyal. 10. The 123 Agreement: taking care of Indian concerns/Nalini Kant Jha. IV. Domestic imperatives and democratic partnership: 11. Role and involvement of the Indian Diaspora in Indo-US Nuclear Cooperation/Bal Ram Singh. 12. Domestic politics as a determinant of Indo-US Nuclear Deal/Sunil Sondhi. 13. Domestic preferences and Foreign Policy: the left position on Indo-US Nuclear Deal/Shibashis Chatterjee. 14. India-US Civil Nuclear Deal: parliamentary inputs/Nalini Kant Jha and S. Prabhakar. V. Process and problems of implementation: 15. Politics of the nuclear suppliers group/Arvind Kumar. 16. International safeguards: requirements for India/Rajiv Nayan. Index.

"This timely volume brings together essays by well known scholars associated with Indian and American foreign policies and Indo-US relations on a significant theme of India\'s civil nuclear cooperation with the USA in particular and the world in general. This careful collection provides a philosophical, theoretical and historical framework for understanding the sea changes in India-USA ties leading to their possible Civil Nuclear Cooperation, known as Civil Nuclear Deal (CND). The volume also analyses diverse dimensions of the deal such as politico-strategic and energy security implications, concerns about the deal raised in India and the USA and reconciliation of these concerns and the significance of domestic politics and institutions of both the countries in shaping the deal. Finally, the book ends with an examination of the problems and processes of implementation of the CND. While not all contributors to this volume agree about the significance of the deal for India, most of them regard it as mutually advantageous for both the countries as well as for the world. The policy analysis and insights offered in the volume would be useful to students, scholars and policy-makers alike interested in comprehending India\'s Nuclear Policy and its engagement with the USA." (jacket)