The Day 'Stop the Bleed' Entered Civilian Life
Apr 16, 2023Juliette Kayyem writes the Boston Marathon's most enduring legacy is the democratization of "stop the bleed," which—like the Heimlich maneuver and CPR before it—gives regular people the...
View ArticleEvery Emergency Needs to End, Even COVID-19
May 5, 2023Juliette Kayyem argues that although the emergency social-safety provisions helped those most in need, the use of Title 42 was a brutal and unforgiving policy that essentially ended asylum...
View ArticleAn Ominous Warning to the E. Jean Carroll Jury
May 10, 2023Juliette Kayyem discusses how a Manhattan judge's advice to jurors accurately reflects what Donald Trump has done to democratic norms.
View ArticleThe Far Right Is Splintering
May 26, 2023Juliette Kayyem explains the significance of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes turning against other extremists in his trial.
View ArticleReach, Choice, and Transparency: Governing the Internet in the 21st Century
May 23, 2023As inventions go, the Internet stacks up with the best of them: the lightbulb, the automobile, even fire. In its first thirty years, the Internet’s worldwide adoption and breadth of...
View ArticleClimate Change Requires New Approaches to Disaster Planning and Response
Jun 7, 2023To date, most of the climate policy attention has been focused on the need to reduce the greenhouse gases that are causing climate change and, as a corollary, to accelerate the U.S....
View ArticleThe Threat From Trump's Supporters Has Evolved
Jun 13, 2023Juliette Kayyem analyses the threat of violence from Trump's supporters: Worrying about whether the base is emboldened is not the correct metric; the thing to watch is whether the number of...
View ArticleEvolving The Emergency Management Enterprise to Meet a New Operational...
Jun 16, 2023In November 2022, the Belfer Center, with support from McKinsey & Company, brought together a diverse group of leaders from the emergency management community to discuss the evolving...
View ArticleNavigating Poly-crisis: The New Reality for Crisis Management in the United...
Jun 16, 2023For those of us in crisis management roles, when something goes wrong, it starts as a challenge and then escalates to a problem. Problems then grow to become any one of three broadly...
View ArticleEvolving The Emergency Management Enterprise to Meet a New Operational...
Jun 16, 2023In November 2022, the Belfer Center, with support from McKinsey & Company, brought together a diverse group of leaders from the emergency management community to discuss the evolving...
View ArticleThe Never-Ending Debate Over Who Deserves to Be Rescued
Jul 2, 2023Emergency-management agencies in the United States and other Western powers have far-reaching capabilities to save lives. But their abilities are not magical. Fundamentally, people need to...
View ArticleThe Jacksonville Killer Wanted Everyone to Know His Message of Hate
Aug 27, 2023Juliette Kayyem writes
View ArticleWhat Your Insurer Is Trying to Tell You About Climate Change
Aug 28, 2023Juliette Kayyem writes that the government is trying to suppress the message that insurance companies are sending about climate change.
View ArticleA Devastating Attack by Hamas
Oct 7, 2023Juliette Kayyem asks: How did Israel not see it coming?
View ArticleLocal Cops Aren't Prepared for This Kind of Bloodshed
Nov 5, 2023Instead of addressing lax gun laws, Americans fixate on what the authorities might have done differently.
View ArticleRashida Tlaib's Inflammatory Language
Nov 8, 2023By amplifying a loaded slogan, the Michigan representative isn't helping anyone's cause.
View ArticleThe Proud Boys Love a Winner
Dec 6, 2023Juliette Kayyem warns that a second Trump term would validate the violent ideologies of far-right extremists—and allow them to escape legal jeopardy.
View ArticleSomewhere Over The Rainbow Bridge: The Story That Wasn't and the Problem...
Nov 28, 2024Reflecting on a vehicle explosion that occurred at the Canada-US border just before Thanksgiving, global fellow Alan Bersin writes on the response by Canadian and US authorities and the...
View ArticleMigration at the U.S.-Mexico Border: A Challenge Decades in the Making
Jan 25, 2024U.S.-Mexico border security has been a central policy matter and divisive political issue in the United States for decades. The U.S. border control enterprise has faced two distinctly...
View ArticleWhy California and Oregon Broke With the CDC
Feb 4, 2024Juliette Kayyem writes that two blue states acknowledge that health precautions need to be balanced with other priorities.
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