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A Critique of the India-US Accord The recent "New Framework Agreement on the India-US Defence Relationship" in conjunction with the Accord signed between Manmohan Singh and George Bush in Washington in late July 2005 have been widely seen as path-breaking developments in the fields of Indian defence, nuclear energy and foreign policy making and behaviour. What are the implications for the future of the Indian nuclear energy sector? As a nuclear weapons power which way is India heading and what are the prospects if any of moving towards global nuclear disarmament? What are the strategic implications regarding the tie up with the US? How does it impinge on US ambitions to be a global hegemony? The Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP), India is organizing a panel discussion to present a critical perspective on the Agreement and the Accord that has otherwise been widely welcomed in many circles and in much of the mainstream media. Date & Time: 28th July, 2005, Thursday; from 4 PM to 6 PM Venue: Private Dining Hall, 1st Floor, India International Centre (Main Building and Gate), 40 Max Muller Marg, New Delhi- India Panelists: Siddarth Vardarajan, Deputy Editor of The Hindu Praful Bidwai, one of India's most widely syndicated columnists Achin Vanaik, Professor of International Relations and Global Politics, Delhi University. -- This is ZESTGlobal. Post articles on international affairs to [email protected] If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTGlobal by sending a blank mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/join/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
