Robert J. Myers
Research Fellow

Expertise: U.S. foreign policy, Southeast Asian politics

Robert J. Myers is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution.

Myers joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1949. He was assigned to Japan and Taiwan from 1950 to 1952, serving briefly in Korea during that time. After a second tour in Japan, Myers was assigned to Indonesia from 1956 to 1958. From 1960 to 1962 he was Cambodia chief of station. From 1963 to 1965 he was deputy chief of FE division. When Myers resigned from the Central Intelligence Agency he was awarded the prestigious Intelligence Medal.

Myers co-founded the Washingtonian magazine in 1965. He was the publisher of The New Republic until 1979. He was president of the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs from 1980 to 1994.

Myers is the author of several books on foreign policy including U.S. Foreign Policy in the 21st Century: The Relevance of Realism (Louisiana State University Press, 1999) and Korea in the 20th Century: From Colonialism to Globalism. His latest book is Korea in the Cross Currents: A Century of Struggle and the Crisis of Reunification (St. Martin’s Press, 2001). Myers has also been a contributor to Bridge News Service since 1995. He is now working on a book, Traditional Virtues and Values in American Foreign Policy: The Dilemma of Intervention.

Myers is currently a member of the board of trustees for the Japan Society of Northern California, the Carnegie Council, and Wilton Park (Koeppler Fund USA). He is also a member of the board of trustees for the World Association of International Studies. Myers attended Depauw University before joining the United States army in June 1943. He enrolled in the ASTP program in Japanese language and area studies at the University of Chicago in November 1943. In 1944, Myers was recruited into the Office of Strategic Services and sent to China in March 1945. There he was assigned to the Eagle Project for Korean independence.

Myers earned an M.A. in international relations from the University of Chicago in 1948. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1960.