United States and India strategic cooperation / Henry Sokolski, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sokolski, Henry D.

Series:

Asian political, economic and security issues.

Asian political, economic and security issues series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear energy--Government policy--India.

Nuclear energy.

Nuclear energy--Government policy--United States.

Nuclear energy--International cooperation.

United States--Foreign relations--India.

United States.

India--Foreign relations--United States.

India.

India--Strategic aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work looks at the research that the Non-proliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC) commissioned and vetted throughout 2006. For at least half of the chapters, the authors have presented versions of their work as testimony before Congressional oversight committees.

Contents:

Intro

UNITED STATES AND INDIASTRATEGIC COOPERATION

UNITED STATES AND INDIA STRATEGIC COOPERATION

CONTENTS

PREFACE*

GAUGING U.S.-INDIAN STRATEGIC COOPERATION

NEGOTIATING THE OBSTACLES TO U.S.-INDIAN STRATEGIC COOPERATION

ATOMIC ENERGY

WILL THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE LIGHT INDIA?

INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS INDIA'S CURRENT AND FUTURE DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY?

Indian Sector Composition

Population Growth

Geographic Distribution

Electricity Demand Projections

WHAT ELECTRICITY SUPPLY OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO INDIA?

Total Potential Capacity

ENERGY EFFICIENCY: VIRTUAL RESOURCES OF "NEGAWATTS"

RELATIVE COSTS

Coal

Hydro

Natural Gas

Nuclear

Renewables

PACE OF DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION

LOCATION OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS

ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

CONCLUSIONS

APPENDIX A: KEY FINDINGS BY CRITERION

APPENDIX B: MAIN POWER PLANTS IN INDIA

APPENDIX C: COAL PRODUCTION, USE AND IMPORTS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

End Notes

NUCLEAR POWER IN INDIA:FAILED PAST, DUBIOUS FUTURE

INITIATION

ORGANIZATIONS AND STRUCTURE

EXTERNAL INPUTS

PROJECTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

BREEDER REACTORS

EXPENSIVE POWER

ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS

NUCLEAR POWER, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT

NUCLEAR POWER AND THE INDO-U.S. NUCLEAR DEAL

PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION IN INDIA AND THE U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INDIA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM

FISSILE MATERIALS IN INDIA

Weapons Grade Plutonium

Civil Plutonium

The Uranium Constraint

Power Reactor Spent Fuel

The Fast Breeder Reactor Program

APPENDIX I: POWER REACTORS IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN

TERRORISM, MISSILES, AND ARMS CONTROL.

ASSESSING THE VULNERABILITYOF THE INDIAN CIVILIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMTO MILITARY AND TERRORIST ATTACK

GROWING DANGERS

INDIA'S CIVILIAN NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE

Indian Nuclear Facilities

Nuclear Power Plants

Research Reactors

Plutonium Production Reactors

Breeder Reactors

Spent Fuel Pools

Reprocessing Plants

High-Level Radioactive Waste Storage Areas

Uranium Enrichment Facilities

Electricity Distribution Grid

Modes of Attack or Sabotage

Airplane Crashes or Bombings

Truck Bombs

Commando-Type Attacks

Cyber-Attacks

Insider Collusion

Regulation, Safety, Secrecy, and Security

TERRORISM AND SECTARIAN VIOLENCE

PROTECTIVE MEASURES

Guarding against Unintended Consequences

RECOMMENDATIONS

Separate Civilian and Military Nuclear Programs

Develop Cooperative Nuclear Security

Implement Best Safety and Security Practices

Create a More Open Civilian Nuclear Infrastructure

U.S. SATELLITE SPACE LAUNCH COOPERATIONAND INDIA'S INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM

The "Glide Path"

India's ICBM-What and Why

How India Got Here

How the United States Got Here

India's Exports

Analysis

Recommendations

CONCLUSION

A REALIST'S CASE FOR CONDITIONINGU.S NUCLEAR COOPERATION

End Note

STRATEGIC MATTERS

WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT FROM INDIAAS A STRATEGIC PARTNER?

U.S-INDIAN RELATIONS HISTORICALLY: A GIANT SINE WAVE

THE VALUE OF A TRANSFORMED U.S.-INDIAN RELATIONSHIP

THE PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES OF TRANSFORMING THEU.S.-INDIAN RELATIONSHIP

INDIA-IRAN SECURITY TIES:THICKER THAN OIL

BACKGROUND ON THE INDO-IRANIAN RAPPORT

INDIA'S STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT

Iran Matters

INDO-IRANIAN RELATIONSHIP

In Structure

In Substance

Energy and Commercial Interests

Defense and Intelligence Ties?.

Technical Areas of Cooperation

CONCLUDING THOUGHTS ON CONSTRAINTS AND IMPLICATIONS

Constraints

WILL INDIA BE A BETTER STRATEGICPARTNER THAN CHINA?

U.S. AND CHINA: LESSONS LEARNED?

1972: The Opening

1979: The Normalization

The Reagan Era: Haig and His Critics

The Bush-Clinton Years: From Accommodation to Accommodation

Lessons Learned?

WILL INDIA BE A BETTER PARTNER THAN CHINA?

What the United States Wants

What India Wants

India and China: Uneven Convergence

Defense Relations

The Strategic Weapons Problem

INDIA AND IRAN: CAUSE FOR CAUTION

THE POWER GAP

THE HENRY J. HYDE UNITED STATES AND INDIA ENERGY COOPERATION ACT OF 2006

Sec. 101. Short Title

Sec. 102. Sense of Congress

Sec. 103. Statements of Policy

Sec. 104. Waiver Authority and Congressional Approval

Sec. 105. United States Compliance with Its Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Obligations

Sec. 106. Inoperability of Determination and Waivers

Sec. 107. MTCR Adherent Status

Sec. 108. Technical Amendment

Sec. 109. United States-India Scientific Cooperative Nuclear Nonproliferation Program

Sec. 110. Definitions

TITLE II-UNITED STATES ADDITIONAL PROTOCOLIMPLEMENTATION

Sec. 201. Short Title

Sec. 202. Findings

Sec. 203. Definitions

Sec. 204. Severability

SUBTITLE A-GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 211. Authority

SUBTITLE B-COMPLEMENTARY ACCESS

Sec. 221. Requirement for Authority to Conduct Complementary Access

Sec. 222. Procedures for Complementary Access

Sec. 223. Consents, Warrants, and Complementary Access.

Sec. 224. Prohibited Acts Relating to Complementary Access

SUBTITLE C-CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION

Sec. 231. Protection of Confidentiality of Information

SUBTITLE D-ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 241. Recordkeeping Violations

Sec. 242. Penalties.

Sec. 243. Specific Enforcement

SUBTITLE E-ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING

Sec. 251. Notification to Congress of IAEA Board Approval of Wide-AreaEnvironmental Sampling

Sec. 252. Application of National Security Exclusion to Wide-Area Environmental Sampling

Sec. 253. Application of National Security Exclusion to Location-SpecificEnvironmental Sampling

Sec. 254. Rule of Construction

SUBTITLE F-PROTECTION OF NATIONAL SECURITYINFORMATION AND ACTIVITIES

Sec. 261. Protection of Certain Information

Sec. 262. IAEA Inspections and Visits

SUBTITLE G-REPORTS

Sec. 271. Report on Initial United States Declaration

Sec. 272. Report on Revisions to Initial United States Declaration

Sec. 273. Content of Reports on United States Declarations

Sec. 274. Report on Efforts to Promote the Implementation of Additional Protocols

Sec. 275. Notice of IAEA Notifications

SUBTITLE H-AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Sec. 281. Authorization of Appropriations

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61324-028-7

OCLC:

709890838