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
OCT 6, 2004 • Transcript
The Universal Hunger for Liberty: Why the Clash of Civilizations Is Not Inevitable
Novak insists that concepts of political, economic, and religious liberty can be found in the Qur'an.
SEP 30, 2004 • Transcript
Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum
"Because of the geographic shifts in the production of oil to areas of instability, growing competition for access to that oil, and the militarization of ...
SEP 22, 2004 • Transcript
The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West
Kepel argues that Americans have committed a fundamental error in assuming that the followers of Osama bin Laden are waging a war on the American ...
SEP 13, 2004 • Transcript
The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace
Dennis Ross explains why shattering deeply entrenched myths about the Middle East and facing up to reality is a precondition for the success of the ...
JUN 28, 2004 • Transcript
Gag Rule: On the Stifling of Dissent and the Suppression of Democracy
Lewis Lapham criticizes the suppression of dissenting voices in the aftermath of September 11th and the complicity of the media in manipulating public opinion on ...
JUN 10, 2004 • Transcript
The Right Nation: How Conservatism Won
How did conservatism achieve the extraordinary dominance of American politics it enjoys today? Among other reasons, by being better organized and more in tune with ...
JUN 2, 2004 • Podcast
Inside the Mirage: America's Fragile Partnership with Saudi Arabia
Veteran Middle East correspondent Thomas Lippman traces the history of the U.S.-Saudi relationship and discusses its current state post 9/11.
MAY 27, 2004 • Podcast
Power, Terror, Peace, and War
"We are creating new and ever more dangerous problems for ourselves simply by doing what it is that we like to do," says Walter Russell ...
MAY 19, 2004 • Transcript
Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America
Robert Reich is optimistic about John Kerry’s victory in the presidential elections, because his research shows that most Americans adhere to fundamental liberal principles.
MAY 19, 2004 • Podcast
State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century
According to Fukuyama, we know less than we think we do about building political institutions, designing constitutions, and bolstering civil society in failed or weak ...