Jamie Metzl is featured regularly in publications around the world. He has also testified before Congress outlining emergency preparedness recommendations after 9-11 and on the national security implication of the biotechnology and genomics revolutions.
Articles
White House staffers protesting Biden should be fired
The Hill, December 31, 2023
Human Success in the AI Age
Project Syndicate, September 5, 2023
We need a global OS upgrade
Leaps, June 7, 2023
We Still Don’t Know the Truth About Covid
Wall Street Journal, February 8, 2023
The Metaverse Could Become an Oppressive Dystopia. It Needs a Congress.
Newsweek, March 23, 2022
It’s time for a ‘moo shot’ to disrupt industrial animal agriculture
The Hill, October 20, 2021
Time to get serious about uncovering the pandemic’s origins
The Hill, August 17, 2021
We cannot give China veto power over the investigation into Covid-19’s origins
CNN, July 22, 2021
Stifling debate on the virus makes another one more likely
The Times, June 6, 2021
As the pandemic rages on, we must demand accountability from the World Health Assembly
The Hill, May 23, 2021
Why fully investigating COVID-19’s origins still matters
The Hill, April 22, 2021
Miraculous mRNA Vaccines are only the Beginning | Opinion
Newsweek, February 12, 2021
Beijing Must Come Clean About COVID-19 Origins | Opinion
Newsweek, January 22, 2021
The United Nations has failed: Fixing the world is now up to all of us
The Hill, September 22, 2020
The COVID-19 catastrophe demands a national commission review
The Hill, August 17, 2020
How to Hold Beijing Accountable for the Coronavirus
Wall Street Journal, July 28, 2020
Drugs That Trick Older People’s Bodies to Behave Younger Might Boost the Effectiveness of a COVID-19 Vaccine
Leapsmag, July 29, 2020 (Co-authored with Nir Barzilai)
Dignitatis Personae Complexio: Human Genetic Engineering and the Catholic Church
Culture e Fede (Cultures and Faith), Journal of the Pontifical Council for Culture, July 2020
To Prevent the Next Pandemic, Global Spy Agencies Must Join Forces With the WHO
Op-Ed co-written with Glenn S. Gerstell, Newsweek, June 8, 2020
Zukunft der Welt hängt von uns allen ab – Corona liefert einmalige Chance
focus.de, May 21, 2020
El covid-19 ofrece la oportunidad de construir un mundo mejor. Debemos aprovecharla
CNN Español, May 19, 2020
Covid-19 offers a chance to build a better world. We must seize it.
CNN, May 17, 2020
The next pandemic could be even worse
CNN, April 29, 2020 (co-authored with Andrew Hessel and Hansa Bhargava)
Drugs That Could Slow Aging May Hold Promise for Protecting the Elderly from COVID-19
leapsmag, April 23, 2020 (co-authored with Nir Barzilai)
Defunding The WHO Mid-Pandemic is Lunacy
Newsweek, April 16, 2020
AI supported medical processes can help to save human health care professionals
The Hill, April 5, 2020
Seven essential steps for thriving in our new world of social distance
CNN, March 17, 2020
Think this coronavirus crisis is bad? The next could be worse — if we don’t act now
The Hill, March 8, 2020
A ‘Press Release from the Future’ Announces Service for Parents to Genetically Engineer Their Kids
Leapsmag, July, 29, 2019
Ironman deaths and the risks we take
CNN.com, June 12, 2019
Our Genetically Engineered Future Is Closer Than You Think
leapsmag, May 13, 2019
The designer baby debate could start a war
Quartz, April 23, 2019
Ten steps to prepare for an exponential future
TechCrunch, April 14, 2019
Making Babies in the Year 2045
New York Times, April 11, 2019
Human gene editing is too transformative to be guided by the few
Financial Times, March 28, 2019
Is Sex for Reproduction About to Become Extinct?
leapsmag.com, November 29, 2018
US has an ace up its sleeve in the great race with China: immigration
The Hill, September 26, 2018
Trump’s meeting with Kim will lead to an awful hangover
CNN.com, April 22, 2018
Is America’s national security Facebook and Google’s problem?
TechCrunch, April 15, 2018
Trade policy must look more to the 21st century, less to the 19th
The Hill, April 2, 2018
Kim Jong Un has no intention of giving up his nukes
The Hill, March 12, 2018
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, made for each other?
CNN, August 14, 2017
12 Things Trump Should Know about North Korea
CNN, August 9, 2017
Why Korean Reunification is in China’s Strategic National Interest
China File, July 22, 2017
There’s Nothing ‘Honorable’ About North Korea
US News, May 11, 2017
Taiwan Beast
Trail Runner, March 30, 2017
Building a Positive Genetic Future for All
CHINA US Focus, March 1, 2017
Trump on the Line
US News, December 6, 2016
Embryo Selection and the Coming End of Sex (for baby-making)
Quartz, May 6, 2016
Homo Sapiens 2.0? We Need a Species-Wide Conversation on the Future of Human Genetic Enhancement
TechCrunch, May 1, 2016
Changing China’s North Korea Calculus
National Interest, February 8, 2016
The Coming Collapse of North Korea
National Interest, June 14, 2015
Korean Reunification is in China’s National Interest
Caixin, 朝鲜半岛的统一符合中国的利益한반도 통일과 중국의 국익, April 30, 2015
Japan’s Sensitive Military Normalization
Project Syndicate, March 4, 2015
It’s Time for the United States to Talk About Genetics
Washington Post, February 6, 2015
Chinas neuer Nationalismus ist sehr beunruhigend
Die Welt (Germany), November 9, 2014
Building a Better Baby
US News & World Report, October 22, 2014
The Genetics Epidemic
Foreign Affairs, October 13, 2014
Is Xi Serious about Cracking Down on Corruption?
CNN.com, August 8, 2014
Back to the Future in Ukraine and Asia
Project Syndicate, March 10, 2014
Reinvigorating the US-Japan Alliance
Project Syndicate, February 22, 2013
The Paradox of China’s Reform
Project Syndicate, May 18, 2012
China and Cyber-Espionage
Huffington Post, August 22, 2011
China’s Threat to World Order
Wall Street Journal, August 17, 2011
Dear President Hu: China must meet its global responsibilities
CNN.com, January 12, 2011
China’s Global War on Human Rights
Wall Street Journal, December 9, 2010
5 Imperatives for G20
Korea Times, November 8, 2010
Sri Lanka Must Invest in Rights Protection
Japan Times, June 4, 2010
China Must Do More as a Big Power
The Australian, April 9, 2010
Afghanistan Lost Without Better Governance
Japan Times, March 18, 2010
Judgment at Wikipedia
Brown Alumni Magazine, March 2010
My Hamid Karzai Daydream
Huffington Post, October 1, 2009
Let Afghans Lead Afghan Reform
Kansas City Star, September 11, 2009
Building an Asian Century
The Guardian, July 1, 2009
Marriage Counseling for the United States Russia
Huffington Post, January 15, 2009
Three Quick Steps to Jump-Start America’s Public Diploma
Huffington Post, February 27, 2009
After the Pax Americana
The Guardian, December 14, 2008
Allying America And Asia
Forbes, November 2008
Rethinking Asia-Pacific Relations
Far Eastern Economic Review, November 24, 2008
Life:Coming to a Screen Near You
World Policy Journal, Fall 2008
Beijing’s Triumph of Engineering
Far Eastern Economic Review, August 26, 2008
America’s Sputnik Moment in Beijing
Miami Herald, August 18, 2008
A Call for Action On Burma
PSA Online Blog, May 14, 2008
China’s Perfect Storm
Business-Standard, May 2008
Brave New World War
Democracy Journal, Spring 2008
Too Fast, Too High
Too Strong, Washington Post, February 9, 2008
Chinese Chequers
The Guardian, October 1, 2007
Defusing the HIV/AIDS Time Bomb
Asia Society, May 6, 2006
U.S Can No Longer Afford Isolation
Newsday, September 20, 2001
U.S Must Win Battle of Images
The Baltimore Sun, October 3, 2001
Let Private Firms Aid UN Nation-building
The Christian Science Monitor, August 13, 2001
Perils of Secrecy in an Information Age
iMP Magazine, July 2001
Can Public Diplomacy Rise from the Ashes?
Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2001
Runners of East Timor Have Emerged as Symbols of Independence
The New York Times, May 27, 2001
Network Diplomacy
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Winter/Spring 2001
For a Digital Marshall Plan
Christian Science Monitor, March 28, 2001
Popular diplomacy
Daedalus, Vol. 128, 1999
Information Intervention: When switching Channels Isn’t Enough
Foreign Affairs, November / December 1997
Rwandan Genocide and the International Law of Radio Jamming
American Journal of International Law, October 1997
Searching for the Catalog of Catalogs
Daedalus, Vol. 125, 1996
Information Technology and Human Right
Human Rights Quarterly, Fall 1996
The UN Commission on Human Right and Cambodia
Buffalo Journal of International law, Summer 1996
The Legacy and Lessons of UNTAC
Harvard Journal of International Law, Winter 1996
Ethnic Vietnamese of Cambodia
Havard Human Rights Journal, Spring 1995
The Many Faces of UNTAC
Contemporary Southeast Asia, June 1995
Life and Death in the Bodleian
Brown Alumni Monthly, February 1992
Congressional Testimonies
Statement Submitted to the US House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, Hearings on “Investigating the Origins of COVID-19” March 8, 2023
Statement
Video of hearing
Can We Prevent the Arms Race of the Human Race: Addressing the National Security Challenges of the Genetic Revolution
Statement of Jamie F. Metzl before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Sub-Committee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation, June 19, 2008
Emergency Preparedness Post 9-11
Testimony of Jamie Metzl Before the House Select Committee on Homeland Security, June 25, 2003
Task Forces
Growing Together Beats Falling Apart
An Asia Society Task Force Report, November 2010
North Korea Inside Out: The Case for Economic Engagement
An Asia Society Task Force Report , December 2009
Back from the Brink? A Strategy for Stabilizing Afghanistan-Pakistan
An Asia Society Task Force Report, April 2009
Delivering on the Promise: Advancing U.S. Relations with India
An Asia Society Task Force Report, January 2009
The Forgotten Homeland
A Century Foundation Task Force Report, July 1, 2006
Emergency Responders: Drastically Underfunded, Dangerously Unprepared
Council on Foreign Relations, July 1, 2003
State Department Reform
Council on Foreign Relations, February 1, 2001