India and the Nuclear Suppliers Group: Time for Plan B

While ultimately unsuccessful, recent action at the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) saw at least some brave attempts to preserve a core nuclear nonproliferation principle - namely, that civilian nuclear cooperation is to be reserved for states that honour the global norm against nuclear weapons and adhere to full-scope safeguards (i.e., full inspections of all of a country's nuclear facilities) administered by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). **********