United States and India strategic cooperation [[electronic resource] /] / Henry Sokolski, editor

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 355/.03109730954
• Soggetto topico: Nuclear energy - Government policy - India; Nuclear energy - Government policy - United States; Nuclear energy - International cooperation
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations India; India Foreign relations United States; India Strategic aspects
• Altri autori: SokolskiHenry D
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- UNITED STATES AND INDIASTRATEGIC COOPERATION -- UNITED STATES AND INDIA STRATEGIC COOPERATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE* -- GAUGING U.S.-INDIAN STRATEGIC COOPERATION -- NEGOTIATING THE OBSTACLES TO U.S.-INDIAN STRATEGIC COOPERATION -- ATOMIC ENERGY -- WILL THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE LIGHT INDIA? -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT IS INDIA'S CURRENT AND FUTURE DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY? -- Indian Sector Composition -- Population Growth -- Geographic Distribution -- Electricity Demand Projections -- WHAT ELECTRICITY SUPPLY OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO INDIA? -- Total Potential Capacity -- ENERGY EFFICIENCY: VIRTUAL RESOURCES OF "NEGAWATTS" -- RELATIVE COSTS -- Coal -- Hydro -- Natural Gas -- Nuclear -- Renewables -- PACE OF DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION -- Coal -- Hydro -- Nuclear -- LOCATION OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND -- ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS -- ENERGY INDEPENDENCE -- CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX A: KEY FINDINGS BY CRITERION -- APPENDIX B: MAIN POWER PLANTS IN INDIA -- APPENDIX C: COAL PRODUCTION, USE AND IMPORTS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- End Notes -- NUCLEAR POWER IN INDIA:FAILED PAST, DUBIOUS FUTURE -- INITIATION -- ORGANIZATIONS AND STRUCTURE -- EXTERNAL INPUTS -- PROJECTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS -- BREEDER REACTORS -- EXPENSIVE POWER -- ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS -- NUCLEAR POWER, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- NUCLEAR POWER AND THE INDO-U.S. NUCLEAR DEAL -- CONCLUSIONS -- End Notes -- PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION IN INDIA AND THE U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- INDIA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- FISSILE MATERIALS IN INDIA -- Weapons Grade Plutonium -- Civil Plutonium -- The Uranium Constraint -- Power Reactor Spent Fuel -- The Fast Breeder Reactor Program -- CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX I: POWER REACTORS IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN -- End Notes -- TERRORISM, MISSILES, AND ARMS CONTROL. ; ASSESSING THE VULNERABILITYOF THE INDIAN CIVILIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMTO MILITARY AND TERRORIST ATTACK -- GROWING DANGERS -- INDIA'S CIVILIAN NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE -- Indian Nuclear Facilities -- Nuclear Power Plants -- Research Reactors -- Plutonium Production Reactors -- Breeder Reactors -- Spent Fuel Pools -- Reprocessing Plants -- High-Level Radioactive Waste Storage Areas -- Uranium Enrichment Facilities -- Electricity Distribution Grid -- Modes of Attack or Sabotage -- Airplane Crashes or Bombings -- Truck Bombs -- Commando-Type Attacks -- Cyber-Attacks -- Insider Collusion -- Regulation, Safety, Secrecy, and Security -- TERRORISM AND SECTARIAN VIOLENCE -- PROTECTIVE MEASURES -- Guarding against Unintended Consequences -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Separate Civilian and Military Nuclear Programs -- Develop Cooperative Nuclear Security -- Implement Best Safety and Security Practices -- Create a More Open Civilian Nuclear Infrastructure -- End Notes -- U.S. SATELLITE SPACE LAUNCH COOPERATIONAND INDIA'S INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM -- The "Glide Path" -- India's ICBM-What and Why -- How India Got Here -- How the United States Got Here -- India's Exports -- Analysis -- Recommendations -- CONCLUSION -- End Notes -- A REALIST'S CASE FOR CONDITIONINGU.S NUCLEAR COOPERATION -- End Note -- STRATEGIC MATTERS -- WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT FROM INDIAAS A STRATEGIC PARTNER? -- U.S-INDIAN RELATIONS HISTORICALLY: A GIANT SINE WAVE -- THE VALUE OF A TRANSFORMED U.S.-INDIAN RELATIONSHIP -- THE PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES OF TRANSFORMING THEU.S.-INDIAN RELATIONSHIP -- End Notes -- INDIA-IRAN SECURITY TIES:THICKER THAN OIL -- BACKGROUND ON THE INDO-IRANIAN RAPPORT -- INDIA'S STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT -- Iran Matters -- INDO-IRANIAN RELATIONSHIP -- In Structure -- In Substance -- Energy and Commercial Interests -- Defense and Intelligence Ties?. ; Technical Areas of Cooperation -- CONCLUDING THOUGHTS ON CONSTRAINTS AND IMPLICATIONS -- Constraints -- End Notes -- WILL INDIA BE A BETTER STRATEGICPARTNER THAN CHINA? -- U.S. AND CHINA: LESSONS LEARNED? -- 1972: The Opening -- 1979: The Normalization -- The Reagan Era: Haig and His Critics -- The Bush-Clinton Years: From Accommodation to Accommodation -- Lessons Learned? -- WILL INDIA BE A BETTER PARTNER THAN CHINA? -- What the United States Wants -- What India Wants -- India and China: Uneven Convergence -- Defense Relations -- The Strategic Weapons Problem -- INDIA AND IRAN: CAUSE FOR CAUTION -- THE POWER GAP -- CONCLUSION -- End Notes -- THE HENRY J. HYDE UNITED STATES AND INDIA ENERGY COOPERATION ACT OF 2006 -- Sec. 101. Short Title -- Sec. 102. Sense of Congress -- Sec. 103. Statements of Policy -- Sec. 104. Waiver Authority and Congressional Approval -- Sec. 105. United States Compliance with Its Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Obligations -- Sec. 106. Inoperability of Determination and Waivers -- Sec. 107. MTCR Adherent Status -- Sec. 108. Technical Amendment -- Sec. 109. United States-India Scientific Cooperative Nuclear Nonproliferation Program -- Sec. 110. Definitions -- TITLE II-UNITED STATES ADDITIONAL PROTOCOLIMPLEMENTATION -- Sec. 201. Short Title -- Sec. 202. Findings -- Sec. 203. Definitions -- Sec. 204. Severability -- SUBTITLE A-GENERAL PROVISIONS -- Sec. 211. Authority -- SUBTITLE B-COMPLEMENTARY ACCESS -- Sec. 221. Requirement for Authority to Conduct Complementary Access -- Sec. 222. Procedures for Complementary Access -- Sec. 223. Consents, Warrants, and Complementary Access. -- Sec. 224. Prohibited Acts Relating to Complementary Access -- SUBTITLE C-CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION -- Sec. 231. Protection of Confidentiality of Information -- SUBTITLE D-ENFORCEMENT -- Sec. 241. Recordkeeping Violations -- Sec. 242. Penalties. ; Sec. 243. Specific Enforcement -- SUBTITLE E-ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING -- Sec. 251. Notification to Congress of IAEA Board Approval of Wide-AreaEnvironmental Sampling -- Sec. 252. Application of National Security Exclusion to Wide-Area Environmental Sampling -- Sec. 253. Application of National Security Exclusion to Location-SpecificEnvironmental Sampling -- Sec. 254. Rule of Construction -- SUBTITLE F-PROTECTION OF NATIONAL SECURITYINFORMATION AND ACTIVITIES -- Sec. 261. Protection of Certain Information -- Sec. 262. IAEA Inspections and Visits -- SUBTITLE G-REPORTS -- Sec. 271. Report on Initial United States Declaration -- Sec. 272. Report on Revisions to Initial United States Declaration -- Sec. 273. Content of Reports on United States Declarations -- Sec. 274. Report on Efforts to Promote the Implementation of Additional Protocols -- Sec. 275. Notice of IAEA Notifications -- SUBTITLE H-AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS -- Sec. 281. Authorization of Appropriations -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
• Titolo autorizzato: United States and India strategic cooperation
• ISBN: 1-61324-028-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809916903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Asian political, economic and security issues.