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Witte Lectures: Juliette Kayyem

National Security, Climate Migration & Pandemics: Managing Risks in a Borderless World

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The 28th season of the highly acclaimed Witte Lecture series launches in January 2025. Sifting through the massive flow of information and discerning what deserves thoughtful attention is time consuming and difficult. Our roster of nationally known speakers will once again provide a spark for igniting community conversation on the timeliest topics. Be part of the Witte community for live, dynamic, and compelling conversations in our award-winning library. Knowledge is power!

 

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JULIETTE KAYYEM IN CONVERSATION WITH JACOB WARE

National Security, Climate Migration & Pandemics: Managing Risks in a Borderless World

Friday, March 28, 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 29, 2 p.m.

Buy Tickets:  https://nbplf.foundation/programs/witte-lectures-28th-season/

 

 

 

Professor Juliette Kayyem is an international leader in crisis management and homeland security, serving as the faculty chair of the Homeland Security and Global Health Projects at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Previously, she served as President Obama’s Assistant Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security and as Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s Homeland Security Advisor. A CNN Senior National Security Analyst, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and contributing writer for The Atlantic and Boston’s local NPR station, GBH. Kayyem is the author of The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters.

Jacob Ware is a research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, where he teaches a class on domestic terrorism. He serves on the editorial board at the Modern War Institute at West Point for Conflict & Terrorism and the Irregular Warfare Initiative. He was also a visiting fellow at the University of Oslo’s Center for Research on Extremism.

 

 

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