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What Do You Do When Your Hurricane Backup Plan is Under Water?

| Sep. 04, 2019

What's your backup plan for when your backup plan is underwater?

That's the question we're facing as Hurricane Dorian makes its way up the Eastern Seaboard. In its path are a string of military bases that, among their other vital missions, form the backbone of our response plan during homeland emergencies. For years, the military has turned a blind eye toward the warming climate. And if our military is playing defense against climate change, it cannot play offense when we need it to protect our citizens here or overseas....

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Juliette Kayyem

  • Member of the Board, Belfer Center
  • Belfer Senior Lecturer in International Security, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Faculty Director, Homeland Security Project
  • Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
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