The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation has organized and cosponsored several briefings for Congressional staff on the US-India nuclear agreement and its ramifications:
March 6, 2006
"The US-India Nuclear Agreement: Meaning and Implications"
With:
Leonard Spector,
Deputy Director for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute
Sharon Squassoni, Specialist in National Defense at the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division of the Congressional Research Service
Four days after the separation agreement was announced in New Delhi, the panelists discussed the details of the deal and the role of Congress in reviewing and allowing it.
February 17, 2006
"A US-India Nuclear Deal: Implications for US Security"
Co-Sponosred by the Arms Control Advocacy Collaborative
With:
Leonard Weiss, Consultant and Former Staff Director for the US Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
Leonard Spector, Deputy Director for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute
Henry Sokolski, Executive Director of the Non-Proliferation Policy Education Center
The panelists discussed controversial elements of the separation plan and of the proposed US-India deal, and addressed whether the US risks turing a blind eye to India's non-proliferation record and undermining the international non-proliferation framework and US security.
October 12, 2005
"US-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation - Nuclear Bargain or Dud?"
Co-Sponsored by the Arms Control Advocacy Collaborative
With:
Sharon Squassoni, Specialist in National Defense at the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division of the Congressional Research Service
Henry Sokolski, Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
Miriam Rajkumar, Associate, Non-Proliferation Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The panelists discussed what Congressional action would be needed for the agreement to take effect, what laws must be changed, what non-proliferation issues must be considered, and how Indian politics will impact the proposed deal.