Joanne Myers was director of the Carnegie Council's Public Affairs Programs (formerly Merrill House Programs). She was responsible for planning and organizing more than 50 public programs a year at the Council, many of which have been featured on C-SPAN's Booknotes.
Myers is also a columnist and advisory board member for PassBlue, an independent digital publication that covers the United Nations.
Before joining the Council, she was director of the Consular Corps/Deputy General Counsel at the New York City Commission for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol, where she acted as the liaison between the mayor of New York and the consulates general. Myers holds a JD from Benjamin C. Cardozo School of Law and a BA in international relations from the University of Minnesota.
Featured Work
MAY 6, 2008 • Podcast
Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World
Drawing on his background at the World Bank and as the first post-Taliban finance minister of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani (and co-author Clare Lockhart) develops a ...
APR 28, 2008 • Podcast
The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order
Americans ask, "Why do they hate us? Is this country pro or anti-American?" But what Khanna finds as he travels the world is that increasingly, ...
APR 15, 2008 • Podcast
Empire of Lies: The Truth About China in the Twenty-First Century
"There are not six million Tibetans in China," says Guy Sorman. "There are one billion." If the many Chinese who are not beneficiaries of economic ...
APR 11, 2008 • Podcast
The Conscience of a Liberal
How can we reclaim the relationship between America's government and its citizens? What will it take to achieve a new New Deal?
APR 8, 2008 • Podcast
The International Judge: An Introduction to the Men and Women Who Decide the World's Cases
Who are the judges that sit on the International Courts; what are the issues and challenges they face; and what is their approach to international ...
APR 7, 2008 • Podcast
Climate Change and New Security Issues
H.E. Dr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland, discusses how Iceland has successfully reduced its use of oil and coal, and how the fate ...
APR 4, 2008 • Podcast
Torture and Democracy
In his exhaustive study, Rejali traces the history of torture through the ages. "It's not so much that torture never works," he says. "The point ...
MAR 18, 2008 • Podcast
Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East
What are the ideas and movements driving change in Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Morocco, the Gulf States and the Palestinian territories, and what are ...
MAR 18, 2008 • Podcast
A Billion Lives: An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity
"In spite of being stingy, and in spite of being late, and in spite of being half-hearted, we are making progress," says Egeland. But we ...
MAR 4, 2008 • Podcast
The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East
Kishore Mahbubani argues that the Western dominance is waning and Asia has adopted many Western best practices, from meritocracy to free-market economics. Therefore it's high ...