Once fierce critic, now Tauscher bats for N-deal

When she served in the United States Congress, Democrat Ellen Tauscher was one of the most vehement critics of the Indo-United States civilian nuclear deal. She not only led the unsuccessful effort......

US won't persuade India, Pak to sign NPT

Bracketing both India and Pakistan as its 'very special friends', the United States has said that it would not pressurise these countries to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. Interacting......

'USSR may be past, but weapons of the era remain'

The US would maintain a minimum nuclear deterrent while working towards the goal of achieving a nuke-free world, a top Obama administration official on nuclear disarmament has said. "This......

WikiLeaks: When China 'dumped' Pakistan

A top British diplomat in September 2009 told a visiting American diplomat that China has "dumped" Pakistan in the Conference on Disarmament, according to a United States cable leaked by......