Juliette Kayyem
Lecturer in Public Policy
Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Contact:
Telephone: 617-496-6743
Fax: 617-495-8963
Email: juliette.kayyem@gmail.com
September 27, 2012
"Defense Industry Has Its Own October Surprise"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"The underlying math is bogus. According to a report released last week by the independent Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, fears of massive cuts are unfounded. Most contracts and projects are already obligated. The notion that a sequester that may (emphasis on 'may') happen in January would inevitably result in millions of workers getting fired, resulting in a potential 1.5 percent jump in the unemployment rate, is beyond speculative, and closer to outright lying."
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September 24, 2012
"Panama's Magic Number"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"The United States is the only modern society that does not have a federal agency responsible for port strategy. Maritime planning is left to the states. The White House can merely promise expedited engineering review, as it did last month, of the port changes in New York, New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, all trying to get to that depth of 50 feet, fast."
September 20, 2012
"Panama Canal's Future Depends on Accommodating Wider Loads"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"To remain competitive in a global transportation industry where the vast majority of all goods are moved on waterways, the canal had to change. Ships that are too large for the canal take their goods elsewhere: to Suez, or the Straits of Malacca (between Malaysia and Indonesia), or the ports of Los Angeles where cargo is routed on the 'land bridge' of railways and highways from West to East Coast. Or the large ships are unloaded at the base of the Panama Canal onto smaller vessels, a process that occurs here every Friday–Sunday."
September 17, 2012
"In Remembrance, a Civil War Legacy"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"...As 'Death and the Civil War' makes clear, the government took on new responsibilities. The United States had never conceived of any duty to those who had served. During and after the Civil War, the obligation to create processes to identify the fallen (through the use of dogtags), notify the kin, bury the dead, and assist the families become a part of our government structures. As the film unfolds, it is clear that bureaucracy — that maligned word — was not conceived by the New Deal or the Great Society. It was given life first, in the words of Faust, as a 'bureaucracy of death.'"
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September 13, 2012
"It's the Syrians Who Will Pay for Murders of Americans in Libya"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"The argument for involvement in Syria can no longer hide behind the shadows of Libya. The tragedy will have tremendous consequences for how the United States can and will position its Syrian strategy. Libya is simply no longer a compelling piece of evidence in favor of Syrian intervention."
September 10, 2012
"On Anniversary of 9/11, Fear is Present but Not All-consuming"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"After almost eight years of the Bush administration, Americans grew tired of the political manipulation of 9/11. Republicans seem to have realized this: At its convention, the GOP essentially ignored 9/11 and the wars that were fought in its name. The Iraq war, sold to the American public as the natural extension of 9/11, was not even a footnote. And for the Democrats, the Obama administration's foreign policy has been a lot more about tidying up loose ends from the past — in Iraq, in Afghanistan, and with Al Qaeda — than fanning memories of 9/11. The death of Osama bin Laden was a rallying cry at their convention, but his ongoing relevance is questionable."
September 6, 2012
"Horatio Alger Shaped America's Views of Immigration — But in What Way?"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"Never mind that Alger wrote of Americans with names like Timothy and Charlie and Mark. There is no hero named Marco (as in Rubio) or Julián (as in Castro) in his work. Even so, his early stories still inform the narrative of upward mobility that many Americans — and many immigrants — believe in."
September 3, 2012
"Afghan War Still Rages, Yet Soldiers Get No Play in Tampa"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"It may very well be that the issue doesn't rank because the party that helps create veterans no longer has a monopoly on helping them. To make the point clear, Obama signed an executive order on Friday improving mental health access to veterans and their families."
August 30, 2012
"Protect, and Isolate, Author of Book on Bin Laden Raid"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"Bissonnette describes what amounts to an assassination, pure and simple. The truth of what happened may never be known for certain, but Bissonnette's account is likely to give ammunition to anti-American fighters in areas where US personnel are at risk. Troops are still deployed. Covert operations are still occurring. US and NATO soldiers are killed daily by Afghan ones."
August 27, 2012
"London Could Show How to Build a Better Olympics"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"London opened the way to a more sustainable model — a way to make the games pay off both in pride and in long-term improvements, without frittering away too much money on pointless frills. The International Olympic Committee is well aware that fewer cities are making bids to host the games; it, too, is concerned about sustainability. For every Sydney, which capitalized on the games to turn an Australian brownfield into a popular and permanent suburb, there is an Athens, whose costly preparations for 2004 are often viewed as the beginning of Greece's financial demise."
