Guide Note: March 2, 2006: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the United States President George W. Bush agreed a deal in which India agreed to separate its civilian and military nuclear programs. The deal requires Indian nuclear plants to be open to international inspection. India's Communists are unhappy about the closer ties that the deal will encourage. India's Communists are important as they form part of the coalition that governs India. Fast Facts

The deal would end a 30-year-old international ban on India's access to peaceful nuclear and other sensitive technologies
Deal would increase American business access in India for defense, nuclear and other contracts

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U.S.-India Nuclear Pact

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Economist: India's nuclear co-operation agreement
BBC News: New life for India's nuclear deal (November 16, 2007)
Wall Street Journal: India, U.S. Bridge Gaps (July 23, 2007)
Reuters: U.S., India say substantial progress in atomic talks (July 20, 2007)
International Herald Tribune: Timing worries cloud U.S.-India nuclear pact (May 19, 2007)
Counterpunch: A Bad and Dangerous Deal (2006)
Harvard International Review: Implications of the US-India Nuclear Deal (2006)

U.S.-India Nuclear Pact News

Google News: U.S.-India Nuclear Pact
BBC News: New life for India's nuclear deal (November 16, 2007)
Economist: India's nuclear co-operation agreement (October 25, 2007)
Times of India: US Congress to scrutinise nuclear pact with India-The US (Aug 4, 2007)
Reuters: Pakistan says U.S.-India nuclear pact risks stability (Aug 2, 2007)
Economist: Nuclear-power politics (July 30, 2007)
International Herald Tribune: Timing worries cloud U.S.-India nuclear pact (May 19, 2007)

U.S.-India Nuclear Pact Background

International Herald Tribune: U.S.-India nuclear deal runs into trouble (April 22, 2007)
CNN: Pact sends inspectors, U.S. expertise to India's nuclear programs (2006)
PINR: The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal: The End Game Begins (2006)
MIT: MIT expert discusses U.S.-India nuclear pact (2006)
CFR: The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal (2006)
New York Times: Q&A: U.S.-India Nuclear Pact (2005)
Wikipedia: United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act
SourceWatch: U.S.- India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative

U.S.-India Nuclear Pact Commentary and Criticism

Yale: Nuclear Friends in Need
Counterpunch: A Bad and Dangerous Deal (2006)
Harvard International Review: Implications of the US-India Nuclear Deal (2006)
Anti War: US Critics Question Nuclear Pact With India (2006)

U.S.-India Nuclear Pact Central Figures

George W. Bush
- DW World: US-India Nuclear Pact -- a Double Standard? (2006)

Manmohan Singh
- Wikipedia: Manmohan Singh

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