GHOSHROY AUDIT

“add a quote for bodine audit....add a quote for bodine audit...add a quote for bodine audit....add a quote ” M A S S A C H U S E T T S I N S T I T U T E O F T E C H N O L O G Y M A S S A C H U S E T T S I N S T I T U T E O F T E C H N O L O G YSeptember 200606-13M I T C E N T E R F O R I N T E R N A T I O N A L S T U D I E Sof the Conventional WisdomThe Audit of The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal:Conventional Triumph of the Business LobbyWisdomIn this series of essays, MIT’s Center Subrata Ghoshroyfor International Studies tours the MIT Program in Science, Technology and Societyhorizon of conventional wisdoms that animate U.S. foreign policy, and put them to the test of data and history. By uch has been written and spoken about the U.S.-India nuclear agree-subjecting particularly well-accepted ideas to close scrutiny, our aim is Mment since Prime Minster Manmohan Singh and President George to re-engage policy and opinion leaders W. Bush unveiled it on July 18, 2005, in Washington, D.C. Since then, the on topics that are too easily passing such scrutiny. We hope that this will U.S. Congress has virtually set aside its much touted concerns about prolifera-lead to further debate and inquiries, with a result we can all agree on: tion of nuclear weapons and is nearly ready to approve the amendments to the better foreign policies that lead to a 1954 Atomic Energy Act that will be necessary for the deal to be consum-more peaceful and prosperous world. ...