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The House of Representatives approved President Bush's ill-conceived nuclear agreement with India last week, shrugging off concerns that the deal could make it even harder to rein in Iran's (and others') nuclear ambitions. We hope the Senate shows better judgment. For 30 years, ever since India used its civilian nuclear program to produce a bomb, the world has been barred from selling any nuclear technology to India. The deal -- pressed hard by American business and India's lobbyists -- would allow the United States to break that ban and open the way for the rest of the world to sell reactors and fuel to India as well. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Focuses on the U.S. and the issue of nuclear nonproliferation. How lines have blurred as nuclear technology has spread; Suggestion that the President George W. Bush administration has sent conflicting signals about what it will do if diplomacy fails to disarm Iran and North Korea; Reference to Israel, India and Pakistan and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty; Comments of analysts; Question of how far the Europeans are willing to let the Iranians go in developing a civilian nuclear capability that could be converted to military use; Outlook.

Reports on the plans by U.S. President George W. Bush to expand high-technology cooperation with India by easing export restrictions. Effects of the proposals on safety and regulatory issues on civilian nuclear activity, civilian space programs and peaceful uses of space technology and improved conditions for trade in sensitive technologies; Pros and cons to the proposals; Implications for international relations and world politics.