http://www.planetd.org/2006/07/17/us-indian-nuclear-deal-lessons-for-india/ Critiquing the Politics, Policy & Practice of Development Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:51:47 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.planetd.org/2006/07/17/us-indian-nuclear-deal-lessons-for-india/comment-page-1/#comment-76481 The Indian Economy Blog » Climate Change: Why India Must Act Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:22:45 +0000 http://www.planetd.org/blog/?p=143#comment-76481 [...] This post does not argue what India should ask for, or can reasonably expect. It simply makes clear that there is an urgent need for India to act - in its own interest - to mitigate climate change. There is also an social and economic opportunity in doing so, with the costs of inaction likely to outweigh the costs of action. And finally, climate change presents a political opportunity to shape - to India’s benefit - an international framework (as India is doing with the Indo-US Nuclear Agreement). [...] [...] This post does not argue what India should ask for, or can reasonably expect. It simply makes clear that there is an urgent need for India to act – in its own interest – to mitigate climate change. There is also an social and economic opportunity in doing so, with the costs of inaction likely to outweigh the costs of action. And finally, climate change presents a political opportunity to shape – to India’s benefit – an international framework (as India is doing with the Indo-US Nuclear Agreement). [...]

]]> http://www.planetd.org/2006/07/17/us-indian-nuclear-deal-lessons-for-india/comment-page-1/#comment-41388 The Indo-US Nuclear Deal: A Post-Henry Hyde Act Analysis - The Discomfort Zone Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:01:57 +0000 http://www.planetd.org/blog/?p=143#comment-41388 [...] Second, a constrained player is stronger. The original agreement with the USA was favorable to India partly because we had domestic constraints. Similarly, if the Prime Minister had subsequently gone to the US Congress and announced that certain conditionalities in the Hyde Act would be rejected by the Indian people the US Congress would be faced with removing those terms, or subsequent rejection of the deal. [...] [...] Second, a constrained player is stronger. The original agreement with the USA was favorable to India partly because we had domestic constraints. Similarly, if the Prime Minister had subsequently gone to the US Congress and announced that certain conditionalities in the Hyde Act would be rejected by the Indian people the US Congress would be faced with removing those terms, or subsequent rejection of the deal. [...]

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