Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Volume 60 Issue 2

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March
2004
Volume: 60
ISSN: 0096-3402
Page count: 85
Issue external URL: Link

Reports

1 March 2004
Reports

Nuclear Waste: Showdown at Scanzano

Linda Clare Gunter
1 March 2004
Reports

International Islam: Mahathir Says “Get Smart”

Mohammed Ahmedullah
1 March 2004
Reports

Elections: What the Dems Must Do

John Isaacs

Opinion

1 March 2004
Opinion

Britain: Pro-American No More?

It is astonishing to see how quickly the Bush administration has squandered British goodwill after 9/11.
1 March 2004
Opinion

China: Weighing the Costs

Li Bin
When the United States abandons arms control, the whole world loses opportunities for greater security and economic growth.
1 March 2004
Opinion

Pakistan: Disparities in Power

Khurram Husain
It's easy to discover the limits of power. Just try threatening those who have nothing to lose.
1 March 2004
Opinion

Mexico: Worse Than You Know

Alejandro Nadal
If you think the policy of preemption is a recipe for disaster, take a look at how the National Security Strategy plans to fix the world economy.
1 March 2004
Opinion

Turkey: Missing Bill Clinton

Mustafa Kibaroglu
Turkey wants an American president who appreciates its strategic importance and recognizes its sovereign rights.
1 March 2004
Opinion

Germany: Losing Europe

Annette Schaper
The Bush administration has terminated the consensus among democracies that had been uncontested since World War II.

Feature

1 March 2004
Feature

Larger than Life

Jeremy Bernstein
Who was J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientific head of the World War II bomb project? His reputation remains nearly mythic; the man himself, a mystery.
1 March 2004
Feature

Blair's Folly

Stephen Pullinger
Insistent on gaining support for an unpopular war, Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair put his reputation on the line.
1 March 2004
Feature

The Dew of Death

Joel A. VilenskyPandy R. Sinish
U.S. war planners knew lewisite was not suited for battlefield use, yet vast quantities of the agent were produced, saddling the government with a large, ongoing cleanup.
1 March 2004
Feature

The Centrifuge Connection

David AlbrightCorey Hinderstein
After Iran's first story of how it acquired uranium enrichment technology was rejected, evidence of a more complex procurement network began to emerge.
1 March 2004
Feature

The Protection Paradox

Hans M. KristensenMatthew G. McKinzieRobert S. Norris

Who's kidding who? If you think a missile defense deployment will make the world safer, take a look at how the United States reacted to the Soviet missile defense of Moscow.

The Center Spread

1 March 2004
The Center Spread

In It for the Money

Catherine Auer

Review

1 March 2004
Review

Privatizing War

William D. Hartung
Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry By P. W. Singer, Cornell University Press, 2003, 330 pages; $39.95
1 March 2004
Review

Talking to Terrorists

Madeleine Gruen
Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill By Jessica Stern, Ecco/HarperCollins, 2003, 368 pages; $27.95
1 March 2004
Review

Counting Casualties

Jonathan Dean
Deaths in Wars and Conflicts Between 1945 and 2000 By Milton Leitenberg, Cornell University Peace Studies, Occasional Paper #29, 2003
1 March 2004
Review

Not So Bad After All?

William R. Caspary
In Search of Human Nature By Mary E. Clark, Routledge, 2002 496 pages; $31.95

And Another Thing…

1 March 2004
And Another Thing…

Down the Memory Hole

Christopher Paine