Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Volume 61 Issue 1

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January
2005
Volume: 61
ISSN: 0096-3402
Page count: 77
Issue external URL: Link

Reports

1 January 2005
Reports

Oil: Nigeria's Slippery Politics

Ron Singer
1 January 2005
Reports

Kyrgyzstan: Democracy Stalled?

Christian Deitch

Opinion

1 January 2005
Opinion

Blind in Baghdad

John Prados
How much harm has been done by an administration that refuses to abandon wishful thinking about the conflict in Iraq?
1 January 2005
Opinion

Opportunity Lost

John Isaacs
A stunning loss on November 2 means congressional Democrats must play defense on arms control–they had hoped to run the show.

Feature

1 January 2005
Feature

Ecuador: What's the Deal at Manta?

Michael Flynn
The United States said it would restrict its activities at Manta to anti-drug efforts–so why is it messing with migrants and more?
1 January 2005
Feature

Founder and Father

Alexander Rabinowitch
Eugene Rabinowitch was a true Renaissance man–a member of the Manhattan Project, an outstanding thinker, scientist, and writer. And 60 years ago he founded the Bulletin.
1 January 2005
Feature

South Korea's Nuclear Surprise

Jungmin KangLi BinTatsujiro SuzukiRichard Tanter
As more and more countries adopt the IAEA's Additional Protocol, all kinds of nuclear secrets will come spilling out. Currently under the microscope: South Korea.
1 January 2005
Feature

The Bait-and-Switch Cleanup

LeRoy Moore
Energy's version of a cleanup at Rocky Flats hasn't measured up to local demands. But it's the neighbors who have to live with the consequences.
1 January 2005
Feature

Nuclear Security: Attitude Check

Keeping nuclear facilities secure takes more than a few fences and guards. A new mind-set and culture are also needed.

The Center Spread

1 January 2005
The Center Spread

Minority Report

Josh Schollmeyer
As 1945 dawned, the scientists at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago discovered their portion of the Manhattan Project coming to an end. While those at Los Alamos worked nonstop, the Chicago scientists' duties dwindled. Spare time became plentiful, but relaxation scarce.

Review

1 January 2005
Review

Not One Claim was True

Joseph Cirincione
Hoodwinked: The Documents That Reveal How Bush Sold Us a War By John Prados, New Press, 2004, 384 pages; $17.95
1 January 2005
Review

The Nostalgia Trap

Paul Boyer
Atomic Culture: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Scott C. Zeman and Michael A. Amundson, editors, University Press of Colorado, 2004, 200 pages; $22.95
1 January 2005
Review

Don't Sweat the Suitcase

Cristina Chuen
Osama's Revenge: The Next 9/11–What the Media and the Government Haven't Told You By Paul L. Williams, Prometheus Books, 2004, 261 pages; $25
1 January 2005
Review

The Tools but not the Will

William R. Wanderer
Transparency in Nuclear Warheads and Materials: The Political and Technical Dimensions Edited by Nicholas Zarimpas, Oxford University Press, 2003, 296 pages; $70

Nuclear notebook

1 January 2005
Nuclear notebook

U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2005

Robert S. NorrisHans M. Kristensen

And Another Thing…

1 January 2005
And Another Thing…

Time of Delusion

Christopher Paine