Nuked policy
the us has achieved the difficult feat of influencing India's nuclear policy. On July 18, 2005, during the four-day visit of prime minister Manmohan Singh to the country, India committed to undertake tangible steps to alter its nuclear policy in return for intangible promises of us president George W Bush. Bush and Singh agreed on the Next Steps In Strategic Partnership, which includes the possibility of the us cooperating with India in the field of civilian nuclear energy. While a casual observer might view the partnership as an end of usa's three decades of nuclear apartheid against India, many experts see it as a threat to India's national security.
"In return for Bush's promise to
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