Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Volume 61 Issue 5

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September
2005
Volume: 61
ISSN: 0096-3402
Page count: 76
Issue external URL: Link

On Topic

1 September 2005
On Topic

Albania: Southeast of Eden

Colin Woodard
1 September 2005
On Topic

Terrorism: Knockoff Artists

Shane Harris
1 September 2005
On Topic

Landmines: Clearing the Way

Michael Flynn

Opinion

1 September 2005
Opinion

Article Commentary: Redefining the Threat

Richard G. Lugar
In the struggle to keep nuclear materials out of the wrong hands, add complacency to the list of enemies.
1 September 2005
Opinion

Article Commentary: Security for Whose Sake?

William B. Greenough
The government's dubious bioterror case has sent a dangerous message.
1 September 2005
Opinion

Article Commentary: Don't Blame Beijing

Hui Zhang
In its own way, China is actually trying to influence North Korea.
1 September 2005
Opinion

Article Commentary: The Right Stuff

James R. Holmes
A fighter pilot's guide to nonproliferation
1 September 2005
Opinion

Article Commentary: The Drone Wars

Jason Sherman
The United States isn't the only country mesmerized by the potential of unmanned aerial vehicles. Is an unmanned arms race in the offing?

The Center Spread

1 September 2005
The Center Spread

The Original Nuclear Nightmare

Jonas Siegel
A newly declassified Cold War nuclear war study shows just how frightening the “day after” could have been for Americans.

Feature

1 September 2005
Feature

Requiem for an Office

Chris Mooney
Ten years ago, congressional Republicans did away with their world-renowned scientific advisory body, the Office of Technology Assessment. Now even some conservatives admit the time has come to bring it back.
1 September 2005
Feature

Empty Threat

Nick Schwellenbach
The latest doomsday threat to emerge from Washington envisions terrorists unleashing an electromagnetic pulse to produce the mother of all blackouts. But don't be afraid of the dark.
1 September 2005
Feature

Warheads aren't Forever

Stephen I. Schwartz
A government program for improving the reliability of America's nuclear stockpile is being transformed into an initiative to churn out a new generation of nuclear weapons. And nobody is even bothering to ask why they're necessary.

Review

1 September 2005
Review

Engage or Enrage

Walter C. Uhler
The Iranian Labyrinth: Journeys through Theocratic Iran and Its Furies, by Dilip Hiro. Nation Books, 418 pages, 2005, $16.95. Iran's Nuclear Option: Tehran's Quest for the Atom Bomb, by Al J. Venter. Casemate Publishers, 451 pages, 2005, $29.95.
1 September 2005
Review

Fire, Aim, Ready

“Missile Defense: The Current Debate,” Congressional Research Service, March 23, 2005; and “Findings and Recommendations,” Independent Review Team, March 31, 2005.
1 September 2005
Review

Pakistan's Great Divide

Husain Haqqani
“State of Sectarianism in Pakistan,” International Crisis Group, April 2005.
1 September 2005
Review

A Wartime Press

Mark Strauss
Parameters, Summer 2005, U.S. Army War College.
1 September 2005
Review

Be the Extremist

Jonas Siegel
International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, Summer 2005, Routledge.

Nuclear notebook

1 September 2005
Nuclear notebook

India's Nuclear Forces, 2005

Robert S. NorrisHans M. Kristensen

Turn back the clock

1 September 2005
Turn back the clock

Time for a Nuclear Entente Cordiale

Lorna ArnoldAndrew Brown