INDIA -- NUCLEAR PROGRAM
Winter 2007-2008
"Q&A: Xenia Dormandy"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
The Project on India and the Subcontinent is a new initiative of the Belfer Center, directed by former Executive Director for Research Xenia Dormandy. Its mission is to build knowledge, leadership, and recommendations on key policy-critical issues related to the rise of India and South Asia. Dormandy answered the following questions about the new project.
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October 20, 2007
"Nuclear Deal will be Revived"
Magazine or Newspaper Article, India Tribune
As director for South Asia at the US National Security Council, Xenia Dormandy played a key role coordinating the July 2005 visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Washington. The trip resulted in the historic civilian nuclear agreement which today, under attack from the United Progressive Alliance’s Left partners, appears to be floundering. In an interview, Ms Dormandy expressed confidence that the nuclear deal would go through. It’s only a matter of when, she said.
September 26, 2007
Securing the Bomb 2007
Book
By Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
Managing the Atom Senior Research Associate Matthew Bunn provides a comprehensive assessment of efforts to secure and remove vulnerable nuclear stockpiles around the world, and a detailed action plan for reducing the risk of nuclear terrorism. Securing the Bomb 2007 was commissioned by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI). The full report, with additional information on the threat of nuclear terrorism, is available on the NTI website.
Summer 2007
Pakistan: Instability Raises Nuclear Security Concerns
Summary Report, Oxford Analytica
By Hassan Abbas, Former Senior Advisor, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Managing the Atom Fellow Hassan Abbas provides analysis of Pakistan’s nuclear command and control systems and the security of its nuclear program in the aftermath of the recent test-firing of a nuclear-capable missile and terrorist attack.
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July 19, 2007
Growing Links for US and India
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Xenia Dormandy, Former Senior Associate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
As the centerpiece of the transformed relationship, there is enormous political will to complete the deal, but the devil is in the details.
Spring 2007
"Belfer Center Engages India as Emerging Great Power"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
Whether one agrees or disagrees with the wisdom of the civilian nuclear power agreement signed in December by President George W. Bush, most agree that the deal will deepen the long-standing relationship between the U.S. and India, a relationship that will continue to impact both countries on many levels. Along with the Kennedy School and Harvard, the Belfer Center is working to expand the relationship that began in 1960 when President John F. Kennedy named Harvard's John Kenneth Galbraith as ambassador to India.
Spring 2007
"Arab Strategy Forum Promotes Debate on Policy in Arab World"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Rachel Wilson, Former Program Coordinator, The Dubai Initiative, 2006-2007
Several representatives of the Dubai Initiative at the Belfer Center participated in the 4th annual Arab Strategy Forum (ASF), which took place in Dubai in December. The Dubai School of Government (DSG) played a key role in developing the format and content for the ASF, a center of Arab strategic thinking and the main launch pad for regional programs and initiatives.
February 17, 2007
Resolve India-Pakistan Tension
Op-Ed, International Herald Tribune
By Xenia Dormandy, Former Senior Associate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
There is talk about the U.S.-Pakistan-Afghanistan tripartite, but it's the wrong focus. The focus should be on the Afghanistan-Pakistan-India triangle.
January 10, 2007
How Washington Learned to Stop Worrying and Love India's Bomb
Journal Article, Foreign Affairs
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Carter's update to his July/August 2006 Foreign Affairs essay "America's New Strategic Partner?"
July/August 2006
America's New Strategic Partner?
Journal Article, Foreign Affairs, issue 4, volume 85
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
In 2006, the U.S. and Indian governments struck a deal that recognizes India as a nuclear weapons power. Critics say Washington gave up too much too soon and at a great cost to nonproliferation efforts. Perhaps. But India could in time become a valuable security partner. So despite the deal’s flaws and the uncertainties surrounding its implementation, Washington should move forward with it.
