Joanne J. Myers

Former Director, Public Affairs Program, Carnegie Council

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

MAR 27, 2007 Transcript

Energy Security in the Gulf and the Growing Importance of "the East"

The panelists discuss newly emerging relationships between the Persian Gulf States and India, two regions with close ties for millennia, and which have increasingly convergent ...

MAR 12, 2007 Transcript

Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle with Militant Islam

This is a tense time in Pakistan and Afghanistan, says Zahid Hussain. The Pakistan intelligence service and militant Islam are connected, Musharraf is walking a ...

MAR 7, 2007 Podcast

Global Human Rights Leadership: Who Will Fill the Void Left by the United States?

With Washington's reputation as a leader on human rights gravely damaged by abuses committed in its five-year-old "global war on terror," who will fill the ...

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MAR 1, 2007 Podcast

American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion

Over six million Muslims of different backgrounds live in the United States, and for the most part, says Paul Barrett, they are highly assimilated. But ...

Nixon and Mao: The Week that Changed the World

FEB 21, 2007 Podcast

Nixon and Mao: The Week that Changed the World

How did this momentous meeting between two leaders lay the foundations for today's complex and difficult relationship between the United States and China?

Secretary or General?:  The UN Secretary-General in World Politics

FEB 12, 2007 Podcast

Secretary or General?: The UN Secretary-General in World Politics

Known as the most impossible job on earth, the tensions between the roles of being Secretary or General have confronted every UN Secretary-General. What will ...

Baltic Pipeline

FEB 5, 2007 Podcast

European Energy Security and the Role of Russia

As demand continues to grow, Gernot Erler asks, can Europe persuade Russia to guarantee its future energy needs?

FEB 1, 2007 Podcast

In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India

Edward Luce argues that despite problems such as poverty and corruption, India is undergoing an extraordinary transformation, emerging as an economic powerhouse and an important ...

Freedom in the World 2007

JAN 30, 2007 Transcript

Freedom in the World 2007: Is Freedom Under Threat?

The panelists discuss Freedom House's latest survey which shows that Russia has descended into the ranks of "Not Free" States.

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JAN 24, 2007 Podcast

The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World

The new paradigm is war amongst the people, where the strategic objective is to win hearts and minds, and the battle is for the people's ...