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
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February 13, 2012
"Mass. Vets Tout Skills with Help from Comcast"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"Veterans need jobs, but they also need training on how to sell themselves to employers. So few veterans are actually combat soldiers; most are experts in logistics, finance, management, human resources, or payroll. And even companies who may not be able to hire veterans can help; head-hunting firms can begin to offer resume-shaping workshops, for example."
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February 8, 2012
"Tweeting with a Pile of Saudi Money"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"...[B]in Talal's involvement in Twitter is just as likely to make the medium more attainable to Arabs. Since Arabic-language content is the fastest growing sector on Twitter, it may even be that the future revolution was just funded by the Saudi royal family."
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February 6, 2012
"Not Just a Game"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"Egypt's future is not just about democracy, but about the basics of public security. If Egypt can't satisfy both simultaneously, then the Spring is lost. The battles on the street now are not about a unified vision of Egypt's future, but about competing visions of Egypt's fate."
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February 2, 2012
"War's Glass Ceiling"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"Publicly, senior military and civilian leaders are expressing frustration with a policy that adheres to notions of physical aptitude or troop cohesion that were used to exclude African-Americans and gays in the past."
January 30, 2012
"US Has Tied Own Hands as Cuba Drills"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"Congress should support an exception to our Cuban non-engagement policy for off-shore drilling. We should want, with all our neighbors, an agreement on rigorous safety standards, regulatory oversight, and containment strategies. Unfortunately, some of the proposals in Congress seek to punish any company in contract with Cuba, an effort that smacks more of Cold War politics than real-world economics."
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January 26, 2012
"The DREAM Act Struggles On, Nameless But Alive"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"Could the corporate appeal of the H-1B visa program be coupled with the idealism of the DREAM Act for an entirely different way of looking at immigration reform? The White House is content to leave the exact statutory proposal nameless as a nod to a potential compromise that may be more limited than the DREAM Act, but a step in the right direction."
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January 23, 2012
"Willfully Stupid on Turkey"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"Perry surely knows some of this and would have corrected his statements if he had wanted to. And not a single candidate seems terribly willing to defend Turkey. Perry's assertions were left to linger, a broad-brush stroke of stereotypes and Islam-bashing that filled the air with inaccuracies."
January 19, 2012
"Stopping the Clock"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"...[W]hen the smart scientists decided to add global warming and biological harms to the clock's matrix in 2007, their previous laser focus on nuclear Armageddon lost its impact. Their explanation of why things have gotten one minute worse is a laundry list that includes nuclear proliferation, Iran, Japan's nuclear disaster and its effects on nuclear power investments, carbon emissions, and virulent strains of viruses that can be used for lethal purposes."
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January 14, 2012
"Iran Scientist Assassinations Serve No End"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"Ahmadi-Roshan was likely as expendable to the Iranians as he was to whoever plotted his death. That suggests why Iran seems so incapable of protecting its allegedly high-value scientists. He was, in the end, of no consequence to the real issues at play. His murder should be condemned because it is brutal and gets us no closer to a meaningful resolution of Iran's nuclear ambitions."
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January 12, 2012
"Haiti's Lifeline Runway"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"The military's strength is in logistics, not humanitarian decision-making, a lesson that we seem to discover again and again. In the future, the United States should defer to the host nation, its neighbors, or the United Nations and give them the responsibility of establishing a priority list for flights. We shouldn't take on the ethical dilemma of deciding who comes in first."
