Jamie Metzl

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Jamie Metzl
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Born (1968-07-01) July 1, 1968 (age 53)
Kansas City, Missouri
Education

Jamie Frederic Metzl (born July 1, 1968)[1] is an American geopolitical commentator, author, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, and a former partner at the global investment company Cranemere LLC,.[2][3] He is the author of five books, including the science fiction novels, Genesis Code and Eternal Sonata, and the non-fiction work, Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity. In 2004, he ran unsuccessfully against former Kansas City Mayor Emanuel Cleaver for the Democratic nomination for Missouri's Fifth Congressional District.[4]

Formerly, he was the executive vice president of the Asia Society.[5] He developed and led the Asia Society's Asia 21 Young Leaders Initiative, a Pan-Asia-Pacific leadership development program.[6][7] Metzl served the Clinton administration as director for multilateral and humanitarian affairs for the National Security Council,[8] working for the Clinton administration in the United States Department of State as senior advisor to the undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs and information technology and senior coordinator for international public information,[9] and was also deputy staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee under then Senator Joe Biden.[10]

Early life and education[]

He was born to Marilyn Metzl, a clinical psychologist, and Kurt Metzl, a pediatrician.[11][12] He attended high school at The Barstow School in Kansas City, Missouri.[13] He is a magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brown University.[8] He holds a Ph.D. in Southeast Asian history from Oxford University (1994),[14] and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.[15]

Career[]

Metzl served as deputy staff director and senior counselor of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations,[10] senior coordinator for international public information and senior advisor to the undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs at the Department of State,[16] and director of multilateral and humanitarian affairs on the National Security Council.[16] In the Clinton administration, he was the primary drafter of Presidential Decision Directive 68 on International Public Information[17] and coordinated public information campaigns for Iraq and Kosovo.[18] From 1991 to 1993, Metzl was a human rights officer for the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC),[19] where he helped establish a human rights investigation and monitoring unit for Cambodia.[20]

In 2003, Metzl directed a Council on Foreign Relations study led by Warren B. Rudman that concluded that the United States was not doing enough to prepare first responders to handle a catastrophic attack.[21] He appeared on Meet the Press, discussing the topic.[22]

He has been featured as a commentator in the American and international media, including BBC, CNN, Bloomberg, and Fox News Channel. He authored a book on human rights in Southeast Asia and the novel The Depths of the Sea,[23] and his writing has been published in The New York Times,[24] Foreign Affairs,[25] among other publications.[26] He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations,[27] and a former White House Fellow,[28] Aspen Institute Crown Fellow,[29] and French-American Foundation Young Leader.[30] He is a founder and co-chairman of bipartisan national security NGO the Partnership for a Secure America,[31][32] has served on the board of the Jewish refugee organization HIAS,[3][33] the International Center for Transitional Justice,[34] and the Brandeis University International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life,[35][36] and the Philippines.[37]

He is the former chairman of the international advisory committee to the Mongolian Ministry of Nature, Environment, and Tourism and the former is honorary ambassador to North America of the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy.[38]

Personal life[]

He has completed 13 Ironman triathlons, 30 marathons, and 15 ultramarathons.[39][40][41]

For the Brown Alumni magazine, Metzl wrote an 2010 article describing the "narcissistic pleasure" he derived from having a Wikipedia page and how he asked an assistant to edit it on several occasions.[42]

Profiles[]

Works[]

  • Jamie Frederic Metzl (1996). Western Responses to Abuses in Cambodia, 1975-80. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-333-64325-9.
  • Jamie Frederic Metzl (May 2004). The Depths of the Sea. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-32202-X.
  • Jamie Frederic Metzl (2014) Genesis Code, Arcade. ISBN 1628724234[43]
  • Jamie Frederic Metzl (2016) Eternal Sonata, Arcade. ASIN: B01HDVCR4U
  • Jamie Frederic Metzl (April 2019) Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity, Sourcebooks. ISBN 149267009X[44]

References[]

  1. ^ Cleary, Tom (2021-03-09). "Jamie Metzl: 25 Questions Answered". Heavy.com. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  2. ^ Vail Symposium: Is the Red Dragon Breathing Fire? Rising China and the Changing Global Order with Jamie Metzl [1]
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Jamie F. Metzl -Director, The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 13, 2013. Accessed May 17, 2016.
  4. ^ Curry, Dan."Cleaver outlasts Metzl in 5th District race" Archived 2004-12-26 at the Wayback Machine, The Examiner (Independence), August 4, 2004. Accessed January 5, 2008. "Cleaver defeated Metzl 72,530 (59.9 percent) to 48,531 (40.1 percent)."
  5. ^ Jamie Metzl Archived 2011-11-18 at the Wayback Machine, Asia Society. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  6. ^ Jorge, Ching. "The youth as a driving force for change" Archived 2009-02-09 at the Wayback Machine, Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 13, 2008. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  7. ^ Staff. "Asia Society Announces 2009 Class of Asia 21 Fellows", ChinaTechnews.com, March 25, 2009. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Staff. "Learn how Asia is changing the world", Vail Daily, January 2, 2007. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  9. ^ Drake, William J.; and Metzl, Jamie. "Lecture Series: Winning Hearts and Minds: Propaganda and Public Diplomacy in the Information Age", Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, November 27, 2011. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b Staff. "Holdovers Held Up Security Strategy: Democratic partisans and Clinton holdovers such as Richard Clarke undermined the Bush team's crafting of a new national-security plan.", The Washington Times, April 26, 2004. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  11. ^ Haaratz: "Hurricane Sandy Sweeps Away N.Y. Marathon, Makes Way for Tikkun Olam" by Danna Harman November 5, 2012
  12. ^ Beyond the Bris: "Delving into Genesis Code: An Interview With Jamie Metzl" retrieved November 4, 2017
  13. ^ Staff. "World-renowned Expert on Asia to Give Free Lecture at The Barstow School", The Barstow School, October 3, 2011. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  14. ^ British Library ETHOS PhD database
  15. ^ Campbell, Matt; and Kraske, Steve. "Metzl's ambition praised, criticized", Kansas City Star, June 26, 2004. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b Staff. Records on Presidential Decision Directive-68 (PDD-68)– Concerning International Public Information (IPI) Archived 2011-10-21 at the Wayback Machine, Clinton Presidential Center, last modified April 27, 2007. Accessed November 3, 2011.
  17. ^ Staff. "Information-control plan aimed at U.S., insider says: International agency to be used for `spinning the news'", The Washington Times, July 29, 1999. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  18. ^ Douglas, William. "A Sense of Relief, Vindication / U.S. officials hail TV images", Newsday, April 10, 2003. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  19. ^ Anthuvan, Augustine. "Former US National Security Council adviser's views on Libya situation", Channel NewsAsia, April 1, 2011. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  20. ^ Jamie Metzl: Visiting Scholar Archived 2011-10-20 at the Wayback Machine, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  21. ^ Staff. "U.S. Spending Against Terror Is Too Low, Report Warns", The New York Times, June 29, 2003. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  22. ^ "Meet The Press: Warren Rudman, Mary Matalin, Jamie Metzl, James Carville", Meet the Press, June 29, 2003. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  23. ^ Dion, Marc Munroe. "Asian expert knows his story: Characters a bit flat in well-plotted political thriller", Kansas City Star, May 30, 2004. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  24. ^ "A Message of Hope in Each stride; The Runners of East Timor Have Emerged as Symbols of Independence", The New York Times, May 27, 2001. p. SP11
  25. ^ "Publication Image Information intervention: When switching channels isn't enough" Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine by Jamie F. Metzl. Foreign Affairs. Nov/Dec 1997. pg. 15, 6 pgs
  26. ^ see http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=viewAuthorPublications&authorID=91&carAuth=1, and [2]
  27. ^ Stearns, Matt. "Politicians mull opposing McCarthy in '04 primary", Kansas City Star, July 24, 2003. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  28. ^ Matthews, Mark via The Baltimore Sun. Darkyears for Cambodia and for U.S. too", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 18, 1998. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  29. ^ 2002 Six Degrees Class, Aspen Institute. Accessed November 1, 2011. "Jamie F. Metzl, Executive Vice President, The Asia Society, New York, NY... He is a member of the 2002 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute."
  30. ^ "French-American Foundation Weekly Brief, December 19, 2008"]
  31. ^ Staff. "Dangerously vulnerable", The Register-Guard, September 10, 2008. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  32. ^ About Jamie Metzl Archived 2010-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Partnership for a Secure America. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  33. ^ 2014 Annual Report, HIAS. Accessed May 17, 2016.
  34. ^ "Jamie F. Metzl". 30 July 2013.
  35. ^ International Advisory Board Members, Brandeis University International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  36. ^ Afghanistan Election Mission with National Democratic Institute, August 2009 Archived 2010-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
  37. ^ Philippines Pre-Elections Assessment Mission with National Democratic Institute, March 2010 Archived 2010-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  38. ^ "Korea an outstanding destination for investors: Metzl," The Korea Herald, December 23, 2013
  39. ^ Basheer, K.P.M. "Putting creative minds together", The Hindu, March 14, 2007. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  40. ^ "Tête-à-tête: America’s role in a fast-changing Asia", Singapore Institute of International Affairs, May 18, 2010. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  41. ^ Shetty, Vinita A. "Marathon man", Daily News and Analysis Mumbai, May 2, 2010. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  42. ^ Metzl, Jamie (March–April 2010). "Judgment at Wikipedia". Brown Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  43. ^ Frederic, Metzl, Jamie (2014-11-04). Genesis code : a thriller of the near future (First ed.). New York. ISBN 9781628724233. OCLC 868648683.
  44. ^ Frederic, Metzl, Jamie (2019). Hacking Darwin : genetic engineering and the future of humanity. Naperville, Illinois. ISBN 9781492670094. OCLC 1040198428.

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