Project documents
This page lists project publications and papers, both those by project members and other presenters at workshops. Student papers associated with the project are also published here. Additionally, the page provides a variety of useful materials related to the 123 Agreement, including references for articles, books, papers and primary documents, as well as direct links to web resources.
Project publications and papers
Articles in the Indian Journal of International Law (2011, 51(2), special issue for the project on "India, the 123 Agreement, and Nuclear Energy: Issues of International Law")
Khan, R., "Prologue", 1
Barnidge, Jr., R.P., and Manohar, N., "Introduction", 1
Green, J.A., "India and a Customary Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban: Persistent Objection, Peremptory Norms and the 123 Agreement", 3
Hennequet, E., "The Relationship Between the 123 Agreement and International Environmental Law", 46
Nirmal, B.C., "123 Agreement and International Environmental Law", 57
Pretorius, J., "The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Export Norm and the 123 Agreement", 81
Gupta, M.K., "India's 2010 Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act: An Analysis of Domestic and International Legal Issues", 100
Eboli, V., "Some Observations on Nuclear Damage, International Environmental Law, and the 123 Agreement", 110
Nakanishi, H., "Rethinking the 123 Agreement: A Trade-Off Between India's Right to a Nuclear Test and Civilian Nuclear Cooperation", 124
Ranganathan, S., "Visions of International Law: Lessons from the 123 Agreement", 146
Other academic project publications and papers
Balaji, V., "The Impact of the Indo-US123 Agreement - A Holistic Analysis"
Barnidge, Jr., R.P., "The 2008 United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Agreement and the Work of the International Law Commission on International Liability for Injurious Consequences Arising out of Acts Not Prohibited by International Law" (2011) 2(1) Asian Journal of International Law 1
Vanangamudi, P., "Indo-US Nuclear Deal and National Development - A Critical Study"
Student project papers
Alhajri, N., "The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime: With Reference to the U.S-India 123 Agreement" (2011-2012)
Ali, S., "The Implications of the 123 Agreement for Pakistan as a Nuclear State" (2009-2010)
Altay, M., "The Implications of the 123 Agreement for Other States" (2011-2012)
Burgess, D., "The Indo-US Civilian Nuclear Agreement: The Tangle of Political Pressures, Security Concerns and Economic Interests Loosely bound by Law" (2009-2010)
Dharsey, S., "Will the 'Indo-US' 123 Agreement Lead to the Demise of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?" (2011-2012)
Freedman, K., "Is the 123 Agreement Legally Problematic for the United States in Light of its Obligations as a State Party to the NPT?" (2010-2011)
Gandhok, M., "The Indian Parliamentary Path of the U.S. - India 123 Agreement" (2011-2012)
Giles, D., "To What Extent Has the 123 Agreement Between the USA and India Strengthened the Latter's 'Degree of Strategic Autonomy by Acquiring Those Symbols of Power', and How Has This Impacted on the Balance of Power in the Region?" (2011-2012)
Hennequet, E., "The Relationship Between the 123 Agreement and International Environmental Law" (2009-2010)
Stanley, L., "After the 123 Agreement Between India and the United States, Pursuing Controls on India's Nuclear Weapons Programme, Could There Ever Be such an Agreement Between Israel and the United States?" (2011-12)
Documents related to the project
Academic books, articles and papers
Ahlström, C., "Arrows for India? - Technology Transfers of Ballistic Missile Defence and the Missile Technology Control Regime" (2004) 9 Journal of Conflict and Security Law 103
Akhtar, R., "Pakistan's Nuclear Assets: Safe and Secure" CBRN South Asia Brief, No. 13, June 2009
Asada, M., "CTBT: Legal Questions Arising from Its Non-Entry-into-Force" (2002) 7 Journal of Conflict and Security Law 85
Bunn, G., "Nuclear Tests Violate International Norm" (1998) 28 Arms Control Today
Busch, N.E., and Joyner, D.H. (eds.), Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Future of International Nonproliferation Policy (University of Georgia Press, 2009)
Carranza, M.E., South Asian Security and International Nuclear Order: Creating a Robust Indo-Pakistani Nuclear Arms Control Regime (Ashgate, 2009)
Chari, P.R. (ed.), Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Seeking Synergy in Bilateralism (Routledge, 2009)
Erkel, S., India's Nuclear Policy: With Special Reference to the India-US Nuclear Deal (Grin Verlag, 2008)
Frey, K., India's Nuclear Bomb and National Security (Routledge, 2009)
Garvey, J.I., "A New Architecture for the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons" (2007) 12 Journal of Conflict and Security Law 339
Ghose, A., "Negotiating the CTBT: India's Security Concerns and Nuclear Disarmament" (1997) 51 Journal of International Affairs 239
Gupta, A. (coordinator - various contributors), "Indo-US Nuclear Deal: A Debate" (2007) 32 Vikalpa 87
Guthrie, G., "Nuclear Testing Rocks the Sub-Continent: Can International Law Halt the Impending Nuclear Conflict Between India and Pakistan" (1999-2000) 23 Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 495
Heinzelman, K., "Towards Common Interests and Responsibilities: The U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Deal and the International Nonproliferation Regime" (2008) 33 Yale Journal of International Law 447
Horner, D., "NSG Revises Rules on Sensitive Exports" (2011) 41 Arms Control Today
Hulsroj, P., "Jus Cogens and Disarmament" (2006) 46 Indian Journal of International Law 1
Jha, A., "Indo-U.S. Treaty on Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation, 2007: Should This Baby of Indo-U.S. Love Affairs Be Aborted?" (2008) 48 Indian Journal of International Law 435
Joyner, D.H., International Law and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Joyner, D.H., Interpreting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (Oxford University Press, 2011)
Kimball, D.G., "New Nuclear Suppliers Rules a Net Plus" (2011) 41 Arms Control Today
Kuppuswamy, C., "Is the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Shaking at Its Foundations? Stock Taking after the 2005 NPT Review Conference" (2006) 11 Journal of Conflict and Security Law 141
Müller, J., "The Signing of the US-India Agreement Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy" (2009) 1 Göttingen Journal of International Law 179
Nagan, W.P., and Slemmens, E.K., "National Security Policy and Ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty" (2009-2010) 32 Houston Journal of International Law 1
Nayan, R., "Pakistan's Annual Deception" (2011) Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis Comment
Nayan, R. (ed.), The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and India (Routledge, 2011)
Nazarbayev, N., Epicenter of Peace (Puritan Press, 2001)
Ntoubandi, F.Z., "Reflections on the USA-India Atomic Energy Cooperation" (2008) 13 Journal of Conflict and Security Law 273
Packer, A., "Nuclear Proliferation in South Asia" (2000) 38 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 631
Paulus, A.J., and Müller, J., "Survival Through Law: Is There a Law Against Nuclear Proliferation?" (2007) 18 Finnish Yearbook of International Law 83
Perkovich, G., "Global Implications of the U.S.-India Deal" (Winter 2010) Daedalus
Rai, A.K., India's Nuclear Policy after Pokhran II (Dorling Kindersley, 2009)
Rotblat, J., Steinberger, J. and Bhalchandra, U. (eds.), A Nuclear Weapon Free World: Desirable? Feasible? (Westview Press, 1993)
Singh, B.B., "The Hyde Act 2006 - India's Nuclear Dilemma" (2007) Atoms For Peace - An International Journal 307
Singh, B.B. (ed.), Special Issue on "Indo-US Civil Nuclear Cooperation" (2008) Atoms for Peace - An International Journal 1-119. This Issue contains articles devoted to the Indian view of the 123 Agreement written by nine scientists.
Singh, B.B., "Indo-US 123 Agreement - A Saga of Controversies and Compromises" (2008) International Journal of Nuclear Law 78
Singh, B.B., "Flaws in the Liability Bill", The New Indian Express, 31 March 2010
Singh, B.B., "A Scientifically Naive Bill", The New Indian Express, 2 April 2010
Singh, B.B., "India's NSG Question", The New Indian Express, 29 June 2011
Sultan, M., and Adil, M.B., "The Henry J. Hyde Act and the 123 Agreement: An Assessment" (2008) South Asian Strategic Stability Institute, Policy Brief 11
Tabassi, L., "The Nuclear Test Ban: Lex Lata or de Lege Ferenda?" (2009) 14 Journal of Conflict and Security Law 309
Talbot, S., Engaging India: Diplomacy, Democracy, and the Bomb (Brookings Institute Press, Revised Edition, 2006)
Thakur, V.K., "Did India Sell Itself Short?", 22 July 2005
Thakur, V.K., "Indian ICBM: A Flawed Deterrent!", 28 August 2005
Wable, K.M., "The US-India Strategic Nuclear Partnership: A Debilitating Blow to the Non-Proliferation Regime" (2007-2008) 33 Brooklyn Journal of International Law 719
Walker, W., "International Nuclear Relations After the Indian and Pakistani Test Explosions" (1998) 74 International Affairs 505
Newspaper articles and reports/media coverage
Mani, V.S., "India's Tests: The Legal Issues", The Hindu, 5 June 1998
Kimball, D.G, "Dangerous Deal with New Delhi", Baltimore Sun, 9 March 2006
ElBaradei, M., "Rethinking Nuclear Safeguards", Washington Post, 14 June 2006
"US-India Nuke Deal: 1…2…3…Go", The Times of India, 22 July 2007
"123 Agreement a Victory for India: Scientists", The Times of India, 23 July 2007
Vyas, N., "123 Agreement an Assault on Nuclear Sovereignty: BJP", The Hindu, 5 August 2007
Ramachandran, R., "123 Agreement and Internal Laws", The Hindu, 19 September 2007
Raghavan, B.S., "The Hyde Act - Misreading or Misleading?", The Hindu Business Line, 5 March 2008
Kole, W.J., "45 Nations Approve Landmark US-India Nuclear Deal: Decision Allows Transfer of Civil Atomic Technology", Jerusalem Post, 7 July 2008
"India and France in Nuclear Deal", BBC News, 3 September 2008
Sevastoupulo, D., "US-India Nuclear Deal Embroiled in Bail-Out Talks", Financial Times, 27-28 September 2008
"US and India Sign Nuclear Accord", BBC News, 10 October 2008
"Thorium-Fuelled Exports Coming from India", World Nuclear News, 17 September 2009
Dombey, D., and Morris, H., "UN Backs Obama on Nuclear Controls", Financial Times, 24 September 2009
"India Says No to NPT as Non-Nuclear Weapon State", iGovernment, 25 September 2009
"India Stays Firm, Rejects NPT, CTBT", The Economic Times of India, 26 September 2009
Kakodkar, A., "Reversing the Logic of the Nuclear Deal", The Hindu, 3 July 2011
Organisations, primary documents and useful web resources
The Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy
Carnegie Endowment's Nuclear Policy Program
Department of State, United States of America
"Fact Sheet: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty" (1991) 2 United States Department of State Dispatch
"Implementation of the India-United States Joint Statement of 18 July 2005: India's Separation Plan" (2006) 46 Indian Journal of International Law 611
"India-US Joint Statement, 2 March 2006, New Delhi" (2006) 46 Indian Journal of International Law 606
Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi
Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (University of Hamburg)
James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
Nuclear Suppliers Group, Statement on Civil Nuclear Cooperation with India (2008)
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1968 (NPT)
"United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation and United States Additional Protocol Implementation Act" (2006) 46 Indian Journal of International Law 618
