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...While the deal does force India to separate its military and civilian nuclear facilities, it requires no limitations on India’s nuclear weapons program. Analysts indicate that there is virtually no way to verify that technology provided for electricity generation is not diverted to the nation’s weapons program. And even if the fuel provided by the international community is not used directly for weapons, fissile material is, to some extent, fungible. As Henry Sokolski, the director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, said, “We are going to be sending, or allowing others...
...scramble to secure hotels and government offices means you can be screened two or three times just to get into a building these days. The international airport in neighboring Rawalpindi was closed to taxis and civilian vehicles the night I flew in because of bomb threats. Worshippers at one of the biggest mosques now have to park some distance away after another bomb scare. Diplomats have started removing their consular license plates and replacing them with ordinary plates to lessen the chances of being spotted by would-be assassins. Diplomats have become so wary of venturing out from the relative...
...political" but not "legally-binding" commitment to assure fuel supply to India has upset many. Others, however, point out that assured fuel supply depends on India sticking to the commitments it has made to the International Atomic Energy Agency (with which it has signed a 'safeguards agreement' opening its civilian nuclear reactors to IAEA inspections), the NSG and to the U.S. with regard to non-proliferation and not testing another nuclear weapon. India, with its clean non-proliferation record and unilateral moratorium on testing, has nothing to fear, they stress." In fact, non-proliferationists...
Pakistan may currently enjoy what seems to be a healthy if noisy democracy, but the office of army chief remains the most powerful one in the country - certainly exceeding the effective control of any politician or civilian bureaucrat. And now Pakistan's army chief, General Ashfaq Kayani, is showing that he is truly in charge of the military - and hence the most powerful man in the country...
...even relax tensions with Islamabad, analysts say. While the shake-up helps Kayani advance a more coherent response to the challenge of rising militancy, it also underscores the army's enduring clout. The ISI nominally falls under the purview of the Prime Minister, but on this occasion the civilian government merely gave formal approval to a decision by the military leadership. Two months ago, the civilian government attempted to bring the ISI formally under its control. The move was vetoed by the armed forces, proving again where power truly lies in Pakistan...