Jamie Metzl

Jamie Frederic Metzl (born July 1, 1968)[1] is an American geopolitical commentator, author, and former Clinton administration official. He is the author of five books, including science fiction novels and non-fiction.

Jamie Metzl
Born (1968-07-01) July 1, 1968
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Education
Websitehttps://jamiemetzl.com/profiles/

Early life and education

Metzl was born to Marilyn Metzl, a clinical psychologist, and Kurt Metzl, a pediatrician.[2][3] He attended high school at The Barstow School in Kansas City, Missouri.[4] He graduated from Brown University.[5] He holds a Ph.D. in Southeast Asian history from Oxford University (1994),[6] and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.[7] He was a White House Fellow.[8]

Career

From 1991 to 1993, Metzl was a human rights officer for the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC),[9] where he helped establish a human rights investigation and monitoring unit for Cambodia.[10]

Metzl served as deputy staff director and senior counselor of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations,[11] senior coordinator for international public information and senior advisor to the undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs at the Department of State,[12] and director of multilateral and humanitarian affairs on the National Security Council.[12] In the Clinton administration, he was the primary drafter of Presidential Decision Directive 68 on International Public Information[13] and coordinated public information campaigns for Iraq and Kosovo.[14]

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.[15]

In 2004, he ran unsuccessfully against former Kansas City Mayor Emanuel Cleaver for the Democratic nomination for Missouri's Fifth Congressional District.[16]

Metzl is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council,[17] and a former partner at the global investment company Cranemere LLC,.[18][19] He was an executive vice president of the Asia Society.[20]

He authored a book on human rights in Southeast Asia and the novel The Depths of the Sea.[21] He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[22]

In 2019, Metzl was appointed to the WHO advisory committee on Developing Global Standards for Governance and Oversight of Human Genome Editing.[23][24]

Metzl has been a vocal proponent of the COVID-19 lab leak theory.[25] In March 2023, he testified at the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic invited by US House Republicans.[26]

Personal life

He is a marathon runner and triathlete.[27][28][29]

For the Brown Alumni Magazine, Metzl wrote a 2010 article describing the "narcissistic pleasure" he derived from having a Wikipedia page and how he asked an assistant to "occasionally add a link to the site".[30]

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[31]
  • 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[32]

References
  1. Cleary, Tom. "Jamie Metzl: 25 Questions Answered", Heavy.com. Accessed June 25, 2023. "Jamie Metzl was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 1, 1968."
  2. Haaratz: "Hurricane Sandy Sweeps Away N.Y. Marathon, Makes Way for Tikkun Olam" by Danna Harman November 5, 2012
  3. Beyond the Bris: "Delving into Genesis Code: An Interview With Jamie Metzl" retrieved November 4, 2017
  4. Staff. "World-renowned Expert on Asia to Give Free Lecture at The Barstow School", The Barstow School, October 3, 2011. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  5. Staff. "Learn how Asia is changing the world", Vail Daily, January 2, 2007. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  6. British Library ETHOS PhD database
  7. Campbell, Matt; and Kraske, Steve. "Metzl's ambition praised, criticized", Kansas City Star, June 26, 2004. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  8. Matthews, Mark via The Baltimore Sun. Darkyears for Cambodia and for U.S. too", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 18, 1998. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  9. Anthuvan, Augustine. "Former US National Security Council adviser's views on Libya situation", Channel NewsAsia, April 1, 2011. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  10. Jamie Metzl: Visiting Scholar Archived 2011-10-20 at the Wayback Machine, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. Douglas, William. "A Sense of Relief, Vindication / U.S. officials hail TV images", Newsday, April 10, 2003. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  15. Staff. "U.S. Spending Against Terror Is Too Low, Report Warns", The New York Times, June 29, 2003. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  16. 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)."
  17. "Jamie Metzl". Atlantic Council. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  18. Vail Symposium: Is the Red Dragon Breathing Fire? Rising China and the Changing Global Order with Jamie Metzl
  19. Jamie F. Metzl -Director, The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 13, 2013. Accessed May 17, 2016.
  20. Jamie Metzl Archived 2011-11-18 at the Wayback Machine, Asia Society. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  21. 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.
  22. Stearns, Matt. "Politicians mull opposing McCarthy in '04 primary", Kansas City Star, July 24, 2003. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  23. World Health Organization (March 19, 2019). WHO Expert Advisory Committee on Developing Global Standards for Governance and Oversight of Human Genome Editing: REPORT OF THE FIRST MEETING (Report). World Health Organization. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  24. "BBC World News - BBC News with Katty and Christian, Former US security official wants China to be forthcoming about Covid-19 origin". BBC. June 8, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  25. Stolberg, Sheryl Gay; and Mueller, Benjamin. "Lab Leak or Not? How Politics Shaped the Battle Over Covid’s Origin", The New York Times, March 19, 2023. Accessed June 25, 2023.
  26. Lenharo, Mariana; Wolf, Lauren (March 9, 2023). "US COVID-origins hearing renews debate over lab-leak hypothesis". Nature. 615 (7952): 380–381. doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00701-1. PMID 36890328. S2CID 257426722.
  27. Basheer, K.P.M. "Putting creative minds together", The Hindu, March 14, 2007. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  28. "Tête-à-tête: America’s role in a fast-changing Asia", Singapore Institute of International Affairs, May 18, 2010. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  29. Shetty, Vinita A. "Marathon man", Daily News and Analysis Mumbai, May 2, 2010. Accessed November 1, 2011.
  30. [Metzl, Jamie. "Judgment at Wikipedia", Brown Alumni Magazine, March–April 2010, backed up by the Internet Archive as of April 7, 2010. Accessed February 1, 2022.
  31. Frederic, Metzl, Jamie (November 4, 2014). Genesis code : a thriller of the near future (First ed.). New York. ISBN 9781628724233. OCLC 868648683.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  32. Frederic, Metzl, Jamie (2019). Hacking Darwin : genetic engineering and the future of humanity. Naperville, Illinois. ISBN 9781492670094. OCLC 1040198428.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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