Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Volume 59 Issue 1

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January
2003
Volume: 59
ISSN: 0096-3402
Page count: 76
Issue external URL: Link

Reports

1 January 2003
Reports

Brazil: The Amazon's Silent Spy

Matthew Flynn
1 January 2003
Reports

Czech Republic: From Russia, with Love

Tony Wesolowsky
1 January 2003
Reports

The Elections: War on Terror Wins

John Isaacs

Opinion

1 January 2003
Opinion

Article Commentary: Truman Got It Right

Mike Moore
He knew “preventive war” wouldn't prevent anything but peace.
1 January 2003
Opinion

Article Commentary: Everyone Will Want One

Theresa Hitchens
Instead of being deterred by the new U.S. policy, enemies may respond by acquiring their own nuclear weapons.

Feature

1 January 2003
Feature

The Next in Line

Bruce Cumings
The president's national security adviser believes the United States should use “anticipatory defense” against any country it thinks might attack.
1 January 2003
Feature

Iraq: The Humanitarian Challenge

Kenneth H. Bacon
A war will generate huge flows of refugees and a public health crisis.
1 January 2003
Feature

Nixon's Nuclear Ploy

William BurrJeffrey Kimball
Richard Nixon thought a secret, worldwide nuclear alert would remain unknown to the American public, and he was right. But his strategy–to threaten the Soviets into helping bring an end to the Vietnam war–was unsuccessful. They may not even have noticed.
1 January 2003
Feature

Back to Bioweapons

Mark WheelisMalcolm Dando
The United States may have rejected the bioweapons protocol because it is committed to continuing and expanding its secret programs.
1 January 2003
Feature

The Satellite Gap

Jeffrey T. Richelson
There may be a gap between when the current generation of Advanced KH-11 and Onyx reconnaissance satellites stop working and when their replacements are ready.
1 January 2003
Feature

Dominators Rule

Michael Krepon
Forget hawks and doves. The post-Cold War political struggle is between “dominators” and “conciliators.” Right now, thanks especially to Osama bin Laden, those who believe U.S. national security lies in raw military power, not cooperative agreements, are in control.
1 January 2003
Feature

Reining in the Space Cowboys

James Clay Moltz
The Bush administration wants weapons in orbit. What can be done to keep those weapons from threatening the civilian use of space?

The Center Spread

1 January 2003
The Center Spread

Guns R U.S.

Review

1 January 2003
Review

The G-Man

Loch K. Johnson
The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI By Ronald Kessler, St. Martin's Press, 2002, 488 pages; $27.95 Chasing Spies: How the FBI Failed in Counterintelligence But Promoted the Politics of McCarthyism in the Cold War Years By Athan Theoharis, Ivan R. Dee Press, 2002, 307 pages; $27.50
1 January 2003
Review

Political Science

David Holloway
The Perversion of Knowledge: The True Story of Soviet Science By Vadim J. Birstein, Westview, 2001, 512 pages; $32.50 Sakharov: A Biography By Richard Lourie, Brandeis University Press, 2002, 465 pages; $30.00
1 January 2003
Review

Why Not Wind?

Jennifer Weeks
Wind Power in View: Energy Landscapes in a Crowded World Edited by Martin J. Pasqualetti, Paul Gipe, and Robert W. Righter, Academic Press, 2002, 248 pages; $59.95

Nuclear notebook

1 January 2003
Nuclear notebook

The B61 Family of Bombs

Robert S. NorrisHans M. KristensenJoshua Handler