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A Nonproliferation Disaster

Analysis by Jayantha Dhanapala and Daryl Kimball

Decision time has arrived on the controversial nuclear cooperation proposal that was first proposed by President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in July 2005.

After a long delay, the Indian government has sidestepped domestic critics of the deal and is asking the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors to consider a new “India-specific” safeguards agreement that would cover a limited number of additional “civilian” reactors. The IAEA Board could meet on the matter by the end of July.

A Rebuttal to Senator Kyl

Analysis by George Perkovich

On June 24, the Financial Times published an op-ed by Senator John Kerry calling for the "next president [to] breathe life into an emerging bipartisan vision of a nuclear-weapons-free world." A week later the Financial Times published a countering letter by Senator Jon Kyl. The following Proliferation Analysis reproduces Senator Kyl's letter with a point-by-point rebuttal (in italics). Senator Kyl is an important, albeit minority, voice in American debates on nuclear issues; we welcome opportunities to debate and dialogue on these issues with him.

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