Indo-US Cooperation
With the deal, it is much easier for foreign governments to monitor the eight facilities, in India, used for military nuclear development. By agreeing to have eight of its fifteen reactors open to inspection, there is an intelligence loss.
The push, further, towards commercializing the American diet has already made headway in India, as the middle class seek to imitate the west. Linking American and Indian agricultural interests with bio-technology threaten the environment and culture of India.
The Bush administration, in addition, does not acknowledge the green house effect as scientific fact, refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol. In conjunction with India’s recent economics-first attitude - before, e.g., environmental, labor and social justice concerns - we cannot take seriously environmental initiatives between the United States of America and India. The pomp and show of the visit, to be sure, will entertain and excite Indians sense of the social.
Labels: Indo-American relations, nuclear deal
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