Bush’s work on India was excellent in intent but poor in execution due to the reception it received at home. Whilst balancing China, it also had the negative effect of undermining US credibility on nuclear compliance issues worldwide.
International norms like the ones you are referencing are ridiculous.
That is an added benefit of the US India nuclear deal.
The international nuclear consensus is that Israel and the US should be disarmed and the every radicalized state should have nuclear weapons.
Obama certainly likes that standard.
We need to establish norms contrary to the international norms. The US india deal emphasizes the good principal that democracies get nukes and anti-democracies don’t.
Oh yeah? Howz that?