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“While India opposes NPT as discriminatory, it opposes CTBT on the ground of ineffectiveness.” Comment.

  • UPSC 2011
  • 20 marks
  • India and the Nuclear Question

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The statement sums up India's two great refusals: the NPT because it is unequal, the CTBT because it does not do what its name promises. As a description of India's declared emphasis it is accurate. As an explanation it is incomplete, because both objections rest on the same demand for non-discriminatory, time-bound disarmament and on…

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  • The NPT: an objection of equity
  • The CTBT: an objection of efficacy
  • Why the dichotomy is too neat
  • The verdict of events
  • Conclusion
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