http://www.foreignservicejournal-digital.com/foreignservicejournal The Foreign Service Journal, with AFSA News, is published monthly by the American Foreign Service Association, the professional association of the U.S. Foreign Service. Each issue covers foreign affairs from an insider's perspective, with thoughtful articles on international issues, the practice of diplomacy and the U.S. Foreign Service. en-us Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT 720 28 http://www.foreignservicejournal-digital.com/foreignservicejournal http://images-cdn.dashdigital.com/foreignservicejournal/include/icons/navbar_logo.gif?lm=1256814867000 http://www.foreignservicejournal-digital.com/foreignservicejournal/201003 http://www.foreignservicejournal-digital.com/foreignservicejournal/201003        Contents
    FOCUS ON
        Iraq & Its Neighbors
            IRAQ, IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES
            ACHIEVING CLOSURE ON IRAQ'S PREWAR WMD
            THE U.S. AND TURKEY: BACK FROM THE BRINK
            THE MIDDLE EAST: FORKS IN THE WAY FORWARD
    FEATURE
        DIPLOMACY REBOOTED: MAKING DIGITAL STATECRAFT A REALITY
    AFSA NEWS
        2009 ANNUAL REPORT: WORKING FOR A STRONGER AFSA
        YEAR IN REVIEW
        CONSTITUENCY SUMMARIES
        CLASSIFIEDS
    DEPARTMENTS
        PRESIDENT'S VIEWS: EXPLORING THE NEW FRONTIERS OF DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT
        SPEAKING OUT: A REAL RESET BUTTON FOR U.S.-RUSSIAN RELATIONS
        REFLECTIONS: A-100, PAST AND PRESENT
        LETTERS
        CYBERNOTES
        BOOKS
        IN MEMORY
    ADVERTISERS
        MARKETPLACE
        INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

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    FOCUS ON
        Life & Work After the Foreign Service
            EXPLORING NEW WORLDS: EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
            SHOULD WE MOVE TO A SENIOR LIVING FACILITY?
            ACADEMIA ABROAD: A LOGICAL NEXT STEP
            U.S. COLLEGES OFFER PLUM POST-FS POSTINGS
            WRITING AS A SECOND CAREER
            A PASSION FOR ARCHAEOLOGY
            THE THIRD CHAPTER
            NO SIMPLE FORMULA FOR SUCCESS
            FS RETIREES SPEAK UP
    AFSA NEWS
        2009 TAX GUIDE
        BRIEFS, AGGELER
        FAMILY MEMBER MATTERS: LANGUAGE LOST AND FOUND
        CLASSIFIEDS
    DEPARTMENTS
        PRESIDENT'S VIEWS: MAKING DISSENT MEANINGFUL AGAIN
        SPEAKING OUT: STARTING THE "NEW GENDER AGENDA" AT HOME
        REFLECTIONS: ORR D'OEUVRES FROM "DEEP FRANCE"
        LETTERS
        CYBERNOTES
        BOOKS
    ADVERTISEMENTS
        MARKETPLACE
        INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

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    COVER STORY
        USAID: SIGNS OF GROWTH
    FEATURES
        HONORING PATT DERIAN
        THE ROLE OF THE DIPLOMAT IN THE MODERN ERA
    FS HERITAGE
        ENTERING THE U.S. DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICES IN 1922
    AFSA NEWS
        AFSA 2009-2011 GOVERNING BOARD PRIORITIES
        DOES DISSENT HARM YOUR CAREER?
        NEWS BRIEFS AND AGGELER
        VP STATE: ARBITRARY? WITHOUT A DOUBT!
        VP RETIREE: PRIORITIES & SURVEYS
        AFSA STATEMENT ON POLITICAL AMBASSADORSHIPS
        BASRA MEMORIAL PLAQUE
        VP FCS: RESOURCES, RESOURCES, RESOURCES
        AFSA FINANCIAL AID SCHOLARS
        2010 DUES UPDATE
        TEN YEARS AT AFSA: ANA LOPEZ
        A FOND FAREWELL TO BARBARA BERGER
        FOREIGN SERVICE E-MAIL GROUPS
    DEPARTMENTS
        PRESIDENT'S VIEWS: The State-USAID Relationship: Measure Twice, Cut Once
        SPEAKING OUT: The Populatioin Bomb Is Still Ticking
        REFLECTIONS: I Remember a Gift
        LETTERS
        CYBERNOTES
        BOOKS
        IN MEMORY
    ADVERTISEMENTS
        MARKETPLACE
        CLASSIFIEDS
        ADVERTISERS

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    FOCUS ON
        Arms Control
            ORGANIZING FOR ARMS CONTROL: 1945-2009
            A NUCLEAR REDUCTIONS PRIMER
            THE IMPORTANCE OF VERIFICATION
            THE CASE FOR THE CTBT
    FEATURE
        MY PRAGUE SECRET POLICE FILE
    SCHOOLS SUPPLEMENT
        COMMUNITY COLLEGES: TIME TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK?
        SCHOOLS AT A GLANCE
        FLO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIPS
        THE ABCS OF EDUCATION ALLOWANCES
        2009 COLLEGE RANKINGS: SERVING THE NATION
    AFSA NEWS
        AFSA ON THE HILL
        HONORING DISSENT
        BRIEFS, AGGELER
        VP STATE: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
        VP USAID: WHEN THE SOLUTION IS THE PROBLEM
        VP FAS: BEEN THERE, DONE THAT
        YEAR-END MESSAGE FROM IAN HOUSTON
        LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
        FUND FOR AMERICAN DIPLOMACY
        FAMILY MEMBER MATTERS: MAKING MAMA HAPPY
    DEPARTMENTS
        PRESIDENT'S VIEWS: MIND THE GAP: ADDRESSING FS READINESS
        SPEAKING OUT: RESTORE STATE'S OFFICE OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
        FS KNOW-HOW: EFFECTIVE NETWORKING FOR DIPLOMATS
        REFLECTIONS: A DAY AT THE RACES
        LETTERS
        CYBERNOTES
        LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
        BOOKS
    ADVERTISEMENTS
        CLASSIFIEDS
        INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

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    COVER STORY
        IN THEIR OWN WRITE: BOOKS BY FOREIGN SERVICE AUTHORS
    FEATURE
        THE FS BLOGOSPHERE IN 2009
    AFSA NEWS
        MARC GROSSMAN DELIVERS ADAIR LECTURE
        FIRST CALL FOR AFSA DISSENT AWARDS
        NEWS BRIEFS AND AGGELER
        VP STATE: AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION
        VP RETIREE: HEARING FROM YOU
        SURVIVOR ANNUITY ELECTIONS
        VP FCS: CULTIVATING KEY ALLIES
        SHARON PAPP: CELEBRATING 17 YEARS AT AFSA
        CHANGES TO OVERSEAS PAY AND BENEFITS
        FROM INTERN TO FSO
        AMBASSADOR RIDGWAY SCHOLARSHIP
        ELDERHOSTEL BECOMES EXPLORITAS
        CLASSIFIEDS
    DEPARTMENTS
        PRESIDENT'S VIEWS: REBRANDING THE FOREIGN SERVICE
        SPEAKING OUT: MERGE USAID FULLY INTO STATE
        FS KNOW-HOW: COPING WITH DIETARY RESTRICTIONS OVERSEAS
        REFLECTIONS: DISCOVERING YASUKUNI
        CYBERNOTES
        BOOKS
        IN MEMORY
    ADVERTISEMENTS
        MARKETPLACE
        INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

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    FOCUS ON
        PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
            THE NEXT GENERATION
            PD PRACTITIONERS: STILL SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS
            A HOLISTIC APPROACH
            THE LAST THREE FEET: PD AS A CAREER
            ADDRESSING THE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CHALLENGE
            CHANNELING THE COLD WAR: U.S. OVERSEAS BROADCASTING
    FS HERITAGE
        THE DIPLOMAT AND THE DUCHESS
    AFSA NEWS
        AFSA EMBRACES ROLE AS PUBLISHER
        FOREIGN CONTACTS REPORTING: AN UPDATE
        NEWS BRIEFS, AGGELER
        VP STATE: FILLING IN THE BLANKS
        VP USAID: WHERE DOES USAID FIT?
        HIGH SCHOOL ESSAY CONTEST WINNER
        VISUAL DIPLOMACY: BRINGING ART TO EMBASSIES
        CLASSIFIEDS
    DEPARTMENTS
        PRESIDENT'S VIEWS: DIPLOMACY AND PATRONAGE DON'T MIX
        SPEAKING OUT: PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: A VIEW FROM THE FRONT LINE
        FS KNOW-HOW: PD: A VIEW FROM THE PROMOTION PANEL
        REFLECTIONS: THROWING IN THE TOWEL IN CASABLANCA
        LETTERS
        CYBERNOTES
        BOOKS
    ADVERTISEMENTS
        MARKETPLACE
        INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

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    FOCUS ON
        DIPLOMATS IN CONFLICT ZONES
            THE DIPLOMAT AS COUNTERINSURGENT
            INTERAGENCY COOPERATION: THE JIATF IN IRAQ
            FROM PINSTRIPES TO KHAKI: GOVERNANCE UNDER FIRE
    FEATURES
        SAM NUNN: NATIONAL SECURITY VISIONARY
        USING CLOUD COMPUTING TO CLOSE THE DEVELOPMENT GAP
    AFSA NEWS
        AFSA DISSENT AND PERFORMANCE AWARD CEREMONY
        NEW GOVERNING BOARD TAKES OFFICE
        NEWS BRIEFS
        VP STATE: TOWARD A MORE PERFECT UNION
        VP USAID: A RUDDERLESS SHIP
        VP RETIREE: OUR STAKE IN AFSA
        VP FCS: BUDGETS, ELECTIONS & THE RUMOR MILL
        VP FAS: MISSION CLEAVAGE
        OPEN HOUSE MARKS REOPENING OF HQ
        AFSA HONORS WRITING AWARD WINNER
        FOREIGN SERVICE LEGISLATIVE SUCCESSES
        CLASSIFIEDS
    DEPARTMENTS
        PRESIDENT'S VIEWS: Challenges and Opportunities
        SPEAKING OUT: Strengthen the Process for Middle East Diplomacy
        FS KNOW-HOW: 'Virtually' There: FS Spouses Build Careers Without Borders
        REFLECTIONS: The Spirituality of Living Abroad
        LETTERS
        CYBERNOTES
        BOOKS
        IN MEMORY
    ADVERTISEMENTS
        MARKETPLACE
        INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

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    FOCUS ON
        FS Fiction
            THE ROADS ARE CLOSING
            IGLOO OF HAIRLESS WINOS
            THE DAY THE AMERICAN EMBASSY BURNED
            ON THE ROAD TO CAPE TOWN
        FS HERITAGE
            LUCIUS BATTLE: SHAPER OF THE POSTWAR FOREIGN SERVICE
    AFSA NEWS
        2009 DISSENT & PERFORMANCE AWRDS
        COMMERCE SECRETARY MEETS AFSA LEADERS
        NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL REPORT RELEASED
        NEWS BRIEFS
        HARRIS AWARD: BARRON I. ROSEN
        RIVKIN AWARD: JEFFREY COLLINS
        RIVKIN AWARD: MICHAEL C. GONZALES
        BOHLEN AWARD: ERICA KRUG
        GUESS AWARD: LILY HIGHTOWER
        DELAVAN AWARD: MEGAN GALLARADO
        POST REP OF THE YEAR: KEN KERO-MENTZ
        2009 AFSA MERIT AWARD WINNERS
        MERIT AWARD "BEST ESSAY"
        CLASSIFIEDS
    Departments
        PRESIDENT'S VIEWS: Past, Present and Future
        SPEAKING OUT: Regaining Relevance: Five Steps to Strengthen State
        REFLECTIONS: "Send Money or Will Sell Body"
        LETTERS
        CYBERNOTES
        BOOKS
    Advertisements
        MARKETPLACE
        INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

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    FOCUS ON
        FS Reflections
            LEST WE FORGET
            MY BLACK BELT JOURNEY
            RUSS AND I
            COUNTERTERRORISM: SOME LESSONS TO CONSIDER
            REPRIEVE ON MANILA BAY
    AFSA NEWS
        FOREIGN AFFAIRS DAY 2009
        BRIEFS, AGGELER
        VP STATE: A BITTERSWEET FAREWELL
        VP RETIREE: AFSA HAS YOUR BACK
        VP FCS: OUR FRIENDS ON THE HILL
        FAMILY MEMBER MATTERS: A TCK LETTER
        IAN HOUSTON NAMED AFSA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
        AFSA BUILDING REOPENS
        CLASSIFIEDS
    SCHOOLS SUPPLEMENT
        GETTING FOUND: GLOBAL NOMADS 2.0
        SCHOOLS AT A GLANCE
        A VITAL POINT OF CONTACT FOR PARENTS: THE OFFICE OF OVERSEAS SCHOOLS
        TIPS ON WRITING COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAYS
    DEPARTMENTS
        PRESIDENT'S VIEWS: CONSTRUCTIVE DISSENT
        SPEAKING OUT: EERs : THE FORGOTTEN FRONT IN THE WAR FOR TALENT
        REFLECTIONS: AFGHANISTAN REVISITED
        LETTERS
        CYBERNOTES
        BOOKS
        IN MEMORY
    ADVERTISEMENTS
        MARKETPLACE
        INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

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    FOCUS ON
        FAS & FCS
            HOPING FOR A BREAK: FOREIGN TRADE AGENCIES UNDER PRESSURE
            NOTES FROM THE FIELD: FCS DELIVERS FOR U.S. BUSINESS
            FAS AT A CROSSROADS: RESHAPING AG DIPLOMACY
            EMERGING CHALLENGES: FARM TRADE IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
    FS HERITAGE
        EUGENE SCHUYLER: SCHOLAR, PATRIOT AND MAN OF LETTERS
    APPRECIATION
        A LIFE DEDICATED TO SERVICE: BRIAN DANIEL ADKINS, 1983-2009
    AFSA NEWS
        AFSA MEETS WITH SECRETARY CLINTON
        DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!
        BRIEFS, AGGELER
        AFSA'S TESTIMONY BEFORE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS
        VP USAID: A MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY
        UPCOMING TRANSITION CENTER COURSES
        VP FAS: PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
        FAMILY MEMBER MATTERS: PRESCHOOL SUBSIDIES
        CLASSIFIEDS
    DEPARTMENTS
        PRESIDENT'S VIEWS: STAYING THE COURSE
        SPEAKING OUT: HOPE FOR GAY AND LESBIAN FOREIGN SERVICE EMPLOYEES
        REFLECTIONS: BETTING ON IMPERIALISM
        LETTERS
        CYBERNOTES
        BOOKS
    ADVERTISEMENTS
        MARKETPLACE
        INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

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    FOCUS ON NATO at 60
        STILL THE BEST VEHICLE FOR ENGAGING WITH EUROPE
        ANSWERING THE HARD QUESTIONS
        THE RUSSIA FACTOR
    FEATURE
        WHEN AN FS SPOUSE COMES "HOME": A STUDY
    AFSA NEWS
        FOREIGN AFFAIRS DAY: MAY 1
        PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
        NEWS BRIEFS
        VP STATE: ALL EYES ON HER
        VP RETIREE: LAWS CAN CHANGE
        RE-EMPLOYED ANNUITANTS
        VP FCS: THE BEST OF TIMES OR THE WORST OF TIMES?
        SOSA AWARDS
        FAMILY MEMBER MATTERS: LIVING IN THE BUBBLE
        THE LIGHTER SIDE: LEAVING THE FOREIGN SERVICE
        FOREIGN SERVICE YOUTH CONTESTS
        10 YEARS AT AFSA: STEVE HONLEY
        SINCLAIRE AWARD WINNERS
        CLASSIFIEDS
    DEPARTMENTS
        PRESIDENT'S VIEWS: THINKING ABOUT TOMORROW
        SPEAKING OUT: EXPANDING LANGUAGE CAPACITY THROUGH INCENTIVE PAY
        REFLECTIONS: RECALLING LOCKERBIE
        LETTERS
        CYBERNOTES
        BOOKS
        IN MEMORY
    ADVERTISEMENTS
        MARKETPLACE
        INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

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    FOCUS ON
        Going I t Alone
            EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
            SUPPORT FOR UNACCOMPANIED ASSIGNMENTS
            COPING WITH SEPARATION: TANDEM COUPLES
            AN EVACUATION SURVIVAL GUIDE
            INSIGHTS FROM THE FIELD
    FEATURE
        THE LEPROSY CLINIC: MADRAS, 1956
    AFSA NEWS
        AFSA WELCOMES SECRETARY CLINTON TO STATE
        PRESIDENT OBAMA AND VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN VISIT STATE
        NEWS BRIEFS
        VP USAID: THE FOREIGN SERVICE'S POOR COUSIN
        VP FAS: WHY FAS ADOPTED THE FOREIGN SERVICE SYSTEM
        SEC. CLINTON ADDRESSES USAID EMPLOYEES
        AFSA ANNUAL REPORT 2008: TURNING THE TIDE
        CLASSIFIEDS
    PRESIDENT'S VIEWS
    LETTERS
    CYBERNOTES
    SPEAKING OUT
    MARKETPLACE
    BOOKS
    ADVERTISERS
    REFLECTIONS

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