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Defense And Security Archive

Archives for April 2015

Climate
Supporters of the Iran deal are ignoring this huge potential problemSupporters of the Iran deal are ignoring this huge potential problem
Climate

Would Obama hold Iran to account if it cheats?

By Max Fisher
Technology
Why the US Navy once wanted to turn Wisconsin into the world’s largest antennaWhy the US Navy once wanted to turn Wisconsin into the world’s largest antenna
Technology

Project Sanguine: the crazy plan to bury electric cables under 41 percent of Wisconsin.

By Joseph Stromberg
Climate
Where Rand Paul stands on everything from foreign policy to criminal justiceWhere Rand Paul stands on everything from foreign policy to criminal justice
Climate

Though he’s been in the Senate only four years, Paul has managed to place himself at the center of many policy debates.

By Andrew Prokop
Cybersecurity
John Oliver’s funny, illuminating interview with Edward SnowdenJohn Oliver’s funny, illuminating interview with Edward Snowden
Cybersecurity

“I did this to give the American people a chance to decide for themselves the kind of government they want to have.”

By Zack Beauchamp
Climate
Iran deal skeptics get one big thing rightIran deal skeptics get one big thing right
Climate

The deal really will empower Iran to do bad things. The really tricky part is that it’s a problem with any deal.

By Zack Beauchamp
Defense & Security
The Army is finally changing its ridiculous tattoo policyThe Army is finally changing its ridiculous tattoo policy
Defense & Security

Army rules imposed last March put a series of arbitrary restrictions on soldiers’ tattoos. The Army looks ready to change them.

By Zack Beauchamp

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