George Perkovich
George Perkovich
absolutely flying planes shocking
I think it would be absolutely shocking that they not have some idea. There were planes flying back and forth.
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.
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.
bush challenge convince dangerous faced iran rest strategic united
The strategic challenge the Bush administration faced was to convince the rest of the world that Iran is more dangerous than the United States.
device driven national nuclear pakistan people political reasons standpoint test within
Pakistan may be driven to test a nuclear device for political reasons within the country, (to) show its own people that it can do this, even though, from the standpoint of a national interest, it would be better off not testing.
goal seems
The goal seems to have been to give away as much as possible.
beginning connection harder iran
We mishandled the Iran connection from the beginning and there has been a screw-up. We have made it harder for the Indians.