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Atomic energy: Should India come in from the cold?

By Zeeya Merali

12 September 2007

THE “Indian dream” and the American dream can no longer be seen as mutually exclusive. What sort of dream are we talking about? Here’s a clue: the sentiment was expressed by Mohamed ElBaradei of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at a meeting of the World Nuclear Association (WNA) in London last week.

It’s the dream of bringing India back from the nuclear trading wilderness after 30 years. Given that India refuses to sign the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), what sort of message does this give out to other countries, such as North Korea, Iran and Pakistan?

India conducted a…

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