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
DEC 12, 2001 • Transcript
The Secret Strength of American Foreign Policy
Many have accused the United States of being negligent in the area of foreign policy, yet, according to Walter Russell Mead, almost no other country ...
DEC 5, 2001 • Transcript
Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing
The Chinese government sees itself as the caretaker of the entire "cosmic order" in China and views democracy as a destabilizing force that would cause ...
NOV 28, 2001 • Transcript
Sectarian Violence in India: The Story of the One Riot
In this talk, Shashi Tharoor discusses his latest novel, based on a series of religious riots in India in the late 1980s and addressing issues ...
NOV 19, 2001 • Podcast
Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden
Who is bin Laden? What drives him? Peter Bergen is one of the few Westerners who has interviewed bin Laden face to face. He has ...
NOV 19, 2001 • Transcript
In the Wake of September 11: Human Security and Human Development in the 21st Century
The "real lesson of September the 11th was that states don't have the right to fail," asserts Brown. The international community should place priority on ...
NOV 14, 2001 • Transcript
The European Union's Foreign Policy: Making a Difference in the World
Chris Patten explains Europe's role in the 21st century and why a multilateralist approach is needed to address "the dark side of globalization."
NOV 2, 2001 • Transcript
Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry
Human rights scholar Michael Ignatieff happened to be in Kabul when the Taliban came to power. He has never forgotten his conversations with Afghan women ...
OCT 29, 2001 • Transcript
America and Political Islam: Clash of Cultures or Clash of Interests?
Fifty years ago, the entire Middle East used to admire the United States, viewing it as an island of progressivism in a Europe-centric world. Today ...
OCT 3, 2001 • Transcript
Israel and Palestine: Coexistence?
If Oslo is dead, asks Alain Epp Weaver, then what lies beyond it?
SEP 26, 2001 • Transcript
The European Response to Terrorism
How should the European Union respond to the threat of terrorism? Ambassador De Ruyt presents several concrete measures agreed upon by the member ...