The recently concluded Indo-US nuclear deal pertains to the United States providing necessary cooperation in the area of nuclear technology, on the civilian front, to India. It should be noted that nuclear technology used in the civilian sphere has the potential to enhance the generation of electricity significantly with less pollution to the environment.
If the United States is serious about the friendship in the region in general, and with India in particular, it should take the necessary steps to implement the civilian nuclear agreement mentioned above, with India.
Under the recently concluded Indo-US nuclear deal, a distinction has been made between the civilian and military streams of India's nuclear research facilities. India has also consistently maintained its strict adhrence to the policy of 'no first strike' against any potential agression by another nuclear weapon state.
US does not even have a no-first use policy. And they simply do not want the countries vulnerable perpetualy to their threats heave a sigh of relief on this count.
They have actually have enhanced the threat level to non-nuclear nations to almost alert level, and this was done unilaterally without any consultation with other nations nor even with any democratic debate within US itself.
With such track record, to expect a reciprocal gesture from India would surely not include making India's security doctrine answerable to them is not in consonance with the nature of the negotiation.
A non-aligned India simply does not seek such intervention.
Further, the nature and the qualitative charachter of the doctrine would change with the context and configuration of threats. Expecting India to bind itself to any formal definition is untenable from Indian policy framework.
We want one tenth of the nuclear deterence the USA have got with the rider that India will never be the country first to srike another country. A Senior Citizen
