TY  - JOUR 
TI  - Estados Unidos y la India. Los factores que conducen al cumplimiento por parte del Estado
JO  - CS;No. 14
PB  - Universidad Icesi
PY  - 2014
AB  - State compliance with international commitments is uneven. However, the perception
of which countries will and will not comply and to what extent can be biased. Some
scholars assume that the U.S. will abide by the India-U.S. 123 civil nuclear agreement,
which main objective is to supply India with nuclear fuel. At the same time, some other
researchers doubt that India would honor its respective commitments, namely, to maintain
safeguard measures in its nuclear facilities. The present study expands the knowledge
of the factors affecting compliance within the realm of nuclear trade by analyzing a
non-binding instrument negotiated between two asymmetrical actors. Drawing on Peter
Haas’ compliance theories, the author analyzes the incidence as well as the relevance of
international institutional and ideational factors which, in combination with domestic
politics and structures, can influence the actor’s decision to comply. The paper’s findings
suggest that India can be expected to more fully comply with the provisions of the treaty
than the United States. Depending on whether certain institutional or ideational factor
intervenes, Washington is either not capable or is not willing to comply. Its will to comply
could be affected, inter alia, by important domestic actors concerned with the application
of the Hyde Act, as evidenced during the ratification process. Therefore, contrary to the
mainstream view, the 123 Agreement neither enables India to achieve energy security nor
ends thirty-four years of nuclear isolation.
KW  - Producción intelectual registrada - Universidad Icesi
KW  - Asociación estratégica
KW  - Comercio nuclear
KW  - Acuerdos internacionales
KW  - Comercio nuclear
KW  - Acuerdos comerciales
KW  - Acuerdos de cooperación
UR  - http://www.icesi.edu.co/revistas/index.php/revista_cs/article/view/1846
ER  -