Homeland Security Project

"Clapper ended his statement with a reminder to the American public and the Senators of what this investigation is really about: Russia did, without doubt and with little consequence, deploy resources and tactics to disrupt America's presidential election — to undermine Hillary Clinton, and to help Trump's campaign. Stated without drama or emotion, it was nonetheless sobering."

To many in this corner of Mexico’s Northwest and the U.S. Southwest who understand the power of our binational trade and commerce, this lost productivity is just unacceptable. Our hemisphere’s busiest border crossing is “dumb” and slow when what is needed is a “smart” border. As a result, San Diego and Tijuana business and academic leaders formed an organization to focus on this problem. We call it our Smart Border Coalition.

Under the leadership of the Belfer Center's Juliette Kayyem, the Homeland Security Project will focus on the challenges in protecting the U.S.

This paper was completed in the spring of 2017 by Harvard Kennedy School MPP degree candidate Alexis Masterson as her Policy Analysis Exercise. Masterson was a student affiliate of the Homeland Security Project at the Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs in 2016-2017.

Juliette Kayyem talks about the new "Laptop Ban" with LAPD Director of Constitutional Policing and Policy Arif Alikhan.

On Monday, the House Intelligence Committee will hold its first, much-anticipated public hearing on Russia's involvement in the 2016 election. The hearing is significant because it will determine whether all the noise regarding Russia, Trump and the relationship between the two is grounds for further investigation.

"Just as striking as the decline in border crossings is the decline in bookings and online searches for travel to the United States. The idea of a "Trump Slump" is evident in reports like those released by the Global Business Travel Association, which shows $185 million in lost US bookings. Emirates has reported a 35% drop in US bookings. And for the first time in nearly a decade New York City's travel forecast has been lowered for international visitors."

Security Perimeter Podcast with Alan Bersin on US borders and immigration.

“Pod Save America” cohost Tommy Vietor talks with Obama’s former Homeland Security and Chief Counterterrorism Advisor Lisa Monaco about terrorism, encryption, cyber security, the Boston bombings, Trump’s dysfunctional national security team and lots more scary stuff.

The Homeland Security Project, a new initiative of Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs headed by Juliette Kayyem, has announced the appointment of the Project’s three inaugural fellows, all of whom held top positions in the Obama and previous administrations.