We lost before we lost. My newsletter on corruption and the damage that couldn’t be remedied by a game. open.substack.com/pub/earlywar...

Ball don’t lie. But Trump does. How corruption denied us the ability to lose in peace. My latest Early Warning earlywarningwithjuliette.substack.com/p/we-lost-th...

Happy birthday, USA. This Lebanese of Kentucky thanks you. My origin story and the America we made: open.substack.com/pub/earlywar...

“Even the word ‘semiquincentennial’ makes this July’s festivities seem clunky. It’s as though we are still hedging our bets. The “semi” isn’t quite solid enough; it feels shaky.” The Lebanese of Kentucky and my/the American story. Subscribe to Early Warning: open.substack.com/pub/earlywar...

Meloni makes it personal. Good for her. Foreign leaders can read polls too. Read my newsletter Early Warning: open.substack.com/pub/earlywar...

“America’s strategic performance was nothing short of appalling—its alienation of allies…its failure to protect Gulf States, its rough handling of an ally that had fought alongside it…were all signs of ineptitude and even incompetence.” (gift article) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Trump has made foreign policy personal — about his moods, his grievances, and his wallet. Now other world leaders are responding in kind. My latest for Early Warning: open.substack.com/pub/earlywar...

Join Frank and guest,national security expert, @juliettekayyem.bsky.social at 2pm ET on a new @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social Show, only on Lincoln Square: Subscribe for free to watch: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Did you follow the Meloni mayhem over the weekend. (I did so you don't have to!). Why this signals something beyond just pettiness. . . in my newsletter tomorrow. When Foreign Policy Gets Personal at earlywarningwithjuliette.substack.com?utm_campaign...

I’m sorry, no. This is not the guy who did the reflecting pool. No. Come on. We’re just putting a hat on a hat here. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...

“The vibe is real.” (World Cup, 6/16/26, Jordan v Austria in San Francisco). You can’t hear me so read my thoughts on sports, safety and reimagining America through our World Cup visitors. Subscribe to my new weekly newsletter Early Warning. substack.com/@juliettekay...

“Americans seem to like the world again.” My first Early Warning newsletter is up. Subscribe for free. This week I examine the counter programming Americans are providing about America. open.substack.com/pub/earlywar...

Sign up for my new newsletter, Early Warning, to get the very first issue in your inbox on Tuesday. My first essay is about the uniquely American vibe of the World Cup. Sign up here: earlywarningwithjuliette.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

“Foreigners may not like America right now but they seem to really like Americans.” @cnn Sign up for my newsletter Early Warning with Juliette Kayyem. I write about what today’s news means and what it might tell us about what’s coming tomorrow. earlywarningwithjuliette.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

“If the government decides, very quickly, to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty... nothing can be done?” asked Judge Patricia Millett. “I think that’s right, yes,” responded DOJ attorney Yaakov Roth www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

If the name sounds familiar, Pulte is the guy who releases mortgage info of Trumps political critics. He’s unqualified for the new job title but very qualified for Trumps plans to use the intelligence apparatus to threaten elections. No doubt.

“We used to be a country that others wanted to emulate. That narrative no longer exists.” I spoke to @cnn.com about America’s “brand.” www.cnn.com/2026/05/25/t...

“The attack on an Islamic center exemplified a danger that the Trump administration would rather ignore.” I wrote for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

My dear friend, Lebanese American sister, and former chief of staff at DHS speaks about Israel’s destruction of her ancestral home in Lebanon. “We did everything right.” @npr.org one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5791...

I joined @pbsnews.org Newshour on Friday to talk about the presidential security and the politics of assassination. Full episode: www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

I joined @newshour.bsky.social on Friday about presidential security and the politicalization of safety. @pbsnews.org www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Nearly a week after the shooting at the WH Correspondents dinner many questions remain … as the DOJ releases new high-resolution video of the incident. Our conversation tonight @geoffrbennett.bsky.social speaks with @juliettekayyem.bsky.social #NewsHour @pbsnews.org www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

It was great to join @slate.com Gabfest again and guest cohost this week's show "King Me." Much news and I explain the great Lebanese diaspora to horse country in Kentucky. I put my money on stallion Further Ado at the derby Sunday. #emilybazelon @jdickerson.bsky.social slate.com/podcasts/pol...

“Instead, free movement—of people, things, goods—presents the greatest challenge to event planners. Access, connection, and community are what we pay for, what we dress up for, what our democracy deserves.” I wrote @theatlantic.com on event safety and the summer. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

A sharp addition from @juliettekayyem.bsky.social, arguing that some risk is inevitable and that success "should be measured by whether a threat that unfolds is mitigated by the planning and the response of those who are entrusted to secure the scene."

"I don't have fun so you can." I joined A Martinez on NPR's Morning Edition to discuss event safety and the WHCD. @amartinezla.bsky.social @npr.org www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n...

"I don't have fun so you can." I joined A Martinez on NPR's Morning Edition to discuss event safety and the WHCD. @npr.org @amartinezla.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n...

“It is premature to say these deaths are connected. It’s like the Chinese white balloon incident. If everybody is looking up at the sky, then we see lots of things that look bad.” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/04/22/u...

“It (FIFA choosing US, Canada and Mexico) was a vision of a North America that you can’t even get your head around now. It was a vision that the three countries, as allies, with cross-border collaboration, would host as a unified front.” I spoke to @npr.org about geopolitics, safety and sports.

“We can’t try to isolate every tragedy and say its another state, or race, or socioeconomic status. These are all American tragedies.” @cnn

The #WorldCup security planning "is unprecedented for an event of this length and geographic scale." 11 host US cities, 40 days, 78 US matches, 600 sites under FIFA's footprint. I spoke to Sports Business Journal about business, sports and safety. www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...

“The US thinks this is going to be won in the air but the Iranians know it will be won in the waters (Strait of Hormuz).” Two weeks ago, I joined @talkingfeds.bsky.social to state what was already obvious to all but the WH. Thinking of our service members tonight.

April is Arab American Appreciation month. I am proud of my family’ journey, and that of my children raised in the Jewish faith. My work lets me use my voice, regardless of party in WH, to remind us there are people — Palestinians, Lebanese, Iranians and Israelis — all impacted by war and terror.

"These twin crises (airport lines and aviation safety) are separate but related: They are both the result of an approach to governance that neglects the work of governing." My essay in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Read @juliettekayyem.bsky.social on the perils of "an approach to governance that neglects the work of governing." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"The fact that anyone at the top is shocked by snaking security lines at airports is of a piece with the administration’s rather cavalier approach to contingency planning. (See also the war in Iran.)" I wrote for @theatlantic.com about aviation. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

“Hours away from deployment, and we still do not have a lot of details about rules of engagement.” I joined @cnn.com on ICE working at airports.

"The deployment is likely to create legitimate fear given the broad mandate ICE seems to have had in the last couple of months." I spoke to @washingtonpost.com about ICE at US airports. I'll be joining @cnn.com on same. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

At three key moments in America’s modern history, Mueller served: Vietnam, 9/11 and Russian interference in the 2016 election. @cnn.com

Trump announced a deployment without planning regarding TSA at airports. Transportation Sec Duffy suggests they will do pat downs and screenings. No, says Homan at same time, they will do line management at both sides of screenings. Planning not complete ⬇️

And now I'm joining @katiecouric.bsky.social on her Substack for a live conversation at 5pm.

“The head of counterterrorism… was outside the room. I have no doubt that is true. Everybody was kept out of the room.” @cnn.com

A great conversation for @talkingfeds.bsky.social.

Some history on Joe Kent. @cnn.com edition.cnn.com/2022/09/30/p...

Major events like the Olympics or FIFA can transform cities, but they require careful planning across security, transportation, infrastructure, & community partners. I'm launching an executive program at Harvard Kennedy School to help leaders navigate those challenges. Join us. bit.ly/4rul0Pa

Me and the Red Carpet! Well I was asked about security at the Oscars and this is as close as I will get. Plus I got to mention the Will Smith slap! I rarely get to smile on air. Give me my moment. @cnn.com

"I no longer talk about 'safe.' I talk about 'safer.'" I spoke to @steveinskeep.bsky.social @npr.org Morning Edition about the increased threat environment, anti-Semitism, Islamic terror, and our homeland security in a wide ranging 7 minute conversation. www.npr.org/2026/03/13/n...

A modest proposal. One provision Dems should insist on in negotiating the DHS budget is to terminate what’s left of this contract that went to DHS friends and family, and require an audit and return of any unused funds. I think it would be a very good move.

Earlier this week, I wrote about the rise of Islamic terrorism in the US from radicalized men and Iran state sponsors. The Trump Admin, oddly, hasn’t acknowledged this. My explanation why for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...