Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Volume 63 Issue 4

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July
2007
Volume: 63
ISSN: 0096-3402
Page count: 80
Issue external URL: Link

Opinion

1 July 2007
Opinion

Reading Russia's Posture

Vladimir Dvorkin
To understand Russia's defense policy, the general who drafted the country's nuclear doctrine suggests, “Watch what Moscow does, not what it says.”
1 July 2007
Opinion

Carbon Dioxide on the Move

Richard Doctor
Capturing the polluting greenhouse gas is easy; getting rid of it is harder.
1 July 2007
Opinion

Arms Control's New Moment

Joseph Cirincione
A spate of newly elected national leaders offers an opportunity to rethink nonproliferation strategies.
1 July 2007
Opinion

Science as Diplomacy

Scott BruceChristina McCainNorman NeureiterEileen S. Vergino
Despite its success as a bridge during periods of international tension, scientific cooperation is often an afterthought in diplomatic tool kits. To emphasize the important role it can play, our experts explore how science makes diplomacy work.

Interview

1 July 2007
Interview

Interview: Bruce Tarter

The former head of Lawrence Livermore gives us a behind-fhe-scenes look af high-sfakes science by commiffee.

Feature

1 July 2007
Feature

Nonproliferation's New Soldier

John R. Harvey
How the Reliable Replacement Warhead Program will bolster global security.
1 July 2007
Feature

Triumph of Fear

Zia Mian
If the world is to avoid living under the nuclear shadow, nuclear weapons designing skills must wither and die.
1 July 2007
Feature

An Unnecessary Pursuit

Lotfian Saideh
It is difficult to believe that the world's remaining superpower must sustain its nuclear arsenal indefinitely.
1 July 2007
Feature

Unfair Advantage

Alexander A. Pikayev
Many Russians believe that U.S. nuclear initiatives are capitalizing on Moscow's weakness.
1 July 2007
Feature

Upsetting a Delicate Balance

RRW could increase pressure on Beijing to improve and enlarge its nuclear capability.
1 July 2007
Feature

Birth of a Notion

Haninah Levine
The RRW Program started as a compromise, and it will likely end as one too.
1 July 2007
Feature

A Case of Dubious Rationales

The real question about plutonium pits is not how fast they're aging, but why we need them at all.
1 July 2007
Feature

Taking RRW Personally

Hugh Gusterson
The RRW Program will not close the growing generation gap among weapons designers.
1 July 2007
Feature

At the Workbench

Bruce Goodwin is the associate director for defense and nuclear technologies at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He worked to design the W80 nuclear warhead and oversaw Livermore's winning RRW design team.
1 July 2007
Feature

A Reliable Path to Disarmament

To get there requires bold thinking and a willingness to cooperate.
1 July 2007
Feature

Wernher von Braun's Ultimate Weapon

Michael J. Neufeld
1 July 2007
Feature

What Van Allen Found in Space

Abigail Foerstner
With ttie Gold War superpowers looking for new military opportunities, an lowan physicist discovered how to take the heavens out of the equation.

Review

1 July 2007
Review

The Atomic Psyche

Peter Bacon Hales
The Nuclear Borderlands: The Manhattan Project in Post-Cold War New Mexico, by Joseph Masco, Princeton University Press, 438 pages, 2006, $24.95.
1 July 2007
Review

Rotten Carrots, Broken Sticks

Andrew J. Grotto
“Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements,” Congressional Research Service, January 29, 2007.
1 July 2007
Review

The Kahn Job

Tom BielefeldHassan Abbas
Der Physiker der Mullahs (The Mullahs' Physicist), a film by Egmont R. Koch, broadcast on German PublicTelevision (WDR) on February 22, 2007.

Nuclear notebook

1 July 2007
Nuclear notebook

India's Nuclear Forces, 2007

Robert S. NorrisHans M. Kristensen

Turn back the clock

1 July 2007
Turn back the clock

The Science of Mideast Peace

Michael Greene