George Perkovich
George Perkovich
claim clear face leader looking system
India's claim to be a leader or at least an upstanding upholder of the nonproliferation system would be invalidated by looking the other way in the face of Iran's clear violations.
cement deal gave india necessary partner sides strategic turns
The U.S. gave everything India wanted and got little in return. They framed the deal as necessary to cement a strategic partnership with India, and then this partner turns around and sides with Iran. That's not very strategic.
forward hard logic meaningful power problems step talks
It is hard to see anything meaningful emerging. The talks weren't a step forward or backwards. The administration overestimated their power and logic and underestimated the problems and they are panicking.
curtail deal effort india lets looks nuclear weapons
This deal not only lets India amass as many nuclear weapons as it wants, it looks like we made no effort to try to curtail them.