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December 2006
(Vol. 83, No. 12) For information on how to submit a letter, column or article, or for general inquiries (address changes, etc.), please e-mail us at journal@afsa.org. To submit a piece for possible publication, kindly send it to: authors@afsa.org. To subscribe or place an ad, please contact Advertising and Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger. To order reprints of any articles appearing in the magazine, please contact Business Manager Andrew Kidd. Viewing the following articles requires the use of Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free. / Front Cover 3 / Table of Contents 5 / PRESIDENT'S VIEWS Foreign Assistance "Reform:" The Short-Term Mentality Sets In By J. Anthony Holmes 7 / LETTERS 12 / CYBERNOTES 14 / MARKETPLACE 16 / SPEAKING OUT Immigration Policy for the 21st Century By David Searby 19 / LETTER FROM THE EDITOR By Steven Alan Honley FOCUS ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE 21 / THE HOLY LAND: CAN PEACE BE RESCUED? The U.S. could, if it wished, break the impasse and help Israelis and Palestinians make peace. By Philip C. Wilcox Jr. 27 / BITTERLEMONS.ORG AND THE LEBANON WAR Launched in 2001 with U.S. assistance, an innovative project promotes joint, Web-based Israeli-Palestinian dialogue. By Yossi Alpher 29 / HOLDING ISRAEL RESPONSIBLE Bitterlemons’ Palestinian co-editor offers his own perspective. By Ghassan Khitab 33 / U.S. POLICY AND THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT President Bush has not held Israel to account for its failure to pursue peace with its neighbors. By Nadia Hijab 39 / THE IMPLICATIONS OF IRAQ FOR THE MIDDLE EAST The presumption of U.S. military superiority is under fire in Iraq. Even more important, the world may begin to doubt our leadership and reliability. By Edward Walker 45 / TOWARD A NEW FOREIGN POLICY AGENDA Terrorism in the Middle East is not the cause of the violence we face, but the response to occupation by those too weak to use any other tactic. By Robert V. Keeley FEATURE 52 / LIVING WITH IRAQ Many Foreign Service personnel and family members have already experienced events that place them at high risk for PTSD. It’s time to talk about the problem. By Beth Payne 56 / APPRECIATION The Best Among Us: Charles W. Bray III, 1933-2006 By Shawn Dorman 59 / AFSA NEWS 70 / Classifieds 74 / Books 80 / In Memory SCHOOLS SUPPLEMENT 85 / THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM The IB is a challenging academic program with many perks — for the right type of student. By Francesca Huemer Kelly 98, 102/ SCHOOLS AT A GLANCE Essential data on educational choices. 110 / Real Estate 114 / Advertising Index 116 / REFLECTIONS The Lucky Pole By Nicholas Rey Viewing the articles above requires the use of Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free. 
November 2006
(Vol. 83, No. 11) For information on how to submit a letter, column or article, or for general inquiries (address changes, etc.), please e-mail us at journal@afsa.org. To submit a piece for possible publication, kindly send it to: authors@afsa.org. To subscribe or place an ad, please contact Advertising and Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger. To order reprints of any articles appearing in the magazine, please contact Business Manager Andrew Kidd. Viewing the following articles requires the use of Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free. / Front Cover 3 / Table of Contents 5 / PRESIDENT'S VIEWS Bad Faith and Business As Usual in FS Assignments By J. Anthony Holmes 7 / LETTERS 10 / CYBERNOTES 12 / MARKETPLACE 14 / SPEAKING OUT Political Appointees: A Cost-Benefit Analysis By William F. Davnie 17 / FS KNOW-HOW What I Wish I Had Known By Robin Holzhauer FOCUS ON FRAGILE STATES 22 / SEEKING A PATIENT PATH TO NATIONBUILDING U.N. post-conflict planning should take into account the resources needed to sustain and stabilize countries long after elections. By Robert McMahon 30 / SOMALILAND: A DEMOCRACY UNDER THREAT Virtually on its own, this province of Somalia has established itself as a solid democracy in a very bad neighborhood. By Elizabeth Spiro Clark 39 / THE PACIFIC MICROSTATES AND U.S. SECURITY Though frequently overlooked, the many South Pacific island-states are uniquely relevant to U.S. national security. By Kevin D. Stringer 45 / HAITI’S NEW GOVERNMENT WRESTLES WITH ITS PAST President Préval must use donors’ good will for programs that improve conditions now while laying the groundwork for sustained progress. By Robert M. Perito 51 / THE CASE AGAINST STATE’S NATIONBUILDING OFFICE The argument that instability in itself represents a threat to America and that nationbuilding must be the cure is deeply flawed. By Justin Logan and Christopher Preble FEATURE 57 / IN THEIR OWN WRITE: BOOKS BY FOREIGN SERVICE AUTHORS Once again we are pleased to feature a compilation of recently published books by Foreign Service-affiliated authors. In addition to a variety of memoirs, this year’s selection is highlighted by a strong policy studies and issues section, a respectable offering of fiction and a lively grouping of works on people and places. By Susan Maitra 78 / Books 81 / AFSA NEWS 89 / Classifieds 94 / Real Estate 98 / Advertising Index 100 / REFLECTIONS Fortuneteller By Joyce Barrett Viewing the articles above requires the use of Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free. 
October 2006
(Vol. 83, No. 10) For information on how to submit a letter, column or article, or for general inquiries (address changes, etc.), please e-mail us at journal@afsa.org. To submit a piece for possible publication, kindly send it to: authors@afsa.org. To subscribe or place an ad, please contact Advertising and Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger. To order reprints of any articles appearing in the magazine, please contact Business Manager Andrew Kidd. Viewing the following articles requires the use of Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free. / Front Cover 3 / Table of Contents 5 / PRESIDENT'S VIEWS Ideology, Greed and the Future of the Foreign Service By J. Anthony Holmes 6 / LETTERS 10 / CYBERNOTES 12 / MARKETPLACE 14 / SPEAKING OUT Reaching Out to Muslims By Richard S. Sacks FOCUS ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 19 / Damage Control: Karen Hughes Does PD A year into her tenure, is Hughes making effective use of Foreign Service expertise? By Shawn Zeller 27 / Public Diplomacy Matters More Than Ever Like intelligence analysis, PD must be protected from political strong-arming, generously funded and heeded at the highest level. By Patricia H. Kushlis and Patricia L. Sharpe 33 / Neither Madison Avenue Nor Hollywood If public diplomacy has failed, as many critics now claim, it is not due to an inability to find the secret slogan or magic message. By Robert J. Callahan 39 / Rebuilding America’s Cultural Diplomacy Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. has unwisely left cultural and educational diplomacy to the tough mercies of the marketplace. By Richard T. Arndt 44 / How Does Public Diplomacy Measure Up? Here’s a look at what policy imperatives and technology trends mean for programs in the field. By Joe Johnson FEATURE 53 / Keeping Score in the Congressional Game AFSA profiles how your senators and representatives supported American engagement in world affairs. By Ken Nakamura 71 / AFSA NEWS 79 / Classifieds 83 / Books 87 / In Memory 94 / Real Estate 98 / Advertising Index 100 / REFLECTIONS Two Rivers Run Through It By Scott R. Riedmann Viewing the articles above requires the use of Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free. 
September 2006
(Vol. 83, No. 9) For information on how to submit a letter, column or article, or for general inquiries (address changes, etc.), please e-mail us at journal@afsa.org. To submit a piece for possible publication, kindly send it to: authors@afsa.org. To subscribe or place an ad, please contact Advertising and Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger. To order reprints of any articles appearing in the magazine, please contact Business Manager Andrew Kidd. Viewing the following articles requires the use of Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free. / Front Cover 3 / Table of Contents 5 / PRESIDENT'S VIEWS Square Pegs, Round Holes By J. Anthony Holmes 6 / LETTERS 10 / CYBERNOTES 12 / MARKETPLACE 14 / IN RESPONSE What We Train IMSers to Do By David P. Jesser 16 / SPEAKING OUT Time to End the U.N.'s Culture of Corruption By Thomas D. Boyatt FOCUS ON U.N. REFORM 22 / John Bolton: Our UN-Diplomat After his first year at the United Nations, it seems that John Bolton is not so much an ineffective diplomat as an unwilling one. By James Traub 29 / U.N Reform: Think Big A bottom-up overhaul may be the most promising approach to take. By Ronald I. Spiers 33 / Reinventing the United Nations The League of Nations was the first gereration of global organizations and the U.N. was the second. It is time to design a third-generation entity. By Tad Daley and David Lionel 40 / Selecting the Next Secretary-General U.N. reform has been the hallmark of Kofi Annan's decade-long tenure. Finding a leader to continue that effort is critical. By Suzanne DiMaggio 47 / Raising Peacekeeping Dividends How can we boost local economic activity in the most challenging environments in the world? Consider the experience of some U.N. missions. By Gary Gray 56 / A Sincere Critique of America's U.N. Policy The decades-long tendency by administrations of both parties to engage only fitfully with the United Nations is having serious consequences. By Mark Malloch Brown FEATURE 61 / Mandarin Matzah An FSO puts a Jewish ceremony together in Guangzhou with a little help from atheist, Buddhist, Christian and Mormon friends. By Jason Seymour 65 / AFSA NEWS 77 / Classifieds 82 / Books 86 / Real Estate 90 / Advertising Index 92 / REFLECTIONS I found Huck Finn in El Salvador By Jack Gallagher Viewing the articles above requires the use of Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free. 
July-August 2006
(Vol. 83, No. 7-8) For information on how to submit a letter, column or article, or for general inquiries (address changes, etc.), please e-mail us at journal@afsa.org. To submit a piece for possible publication, kindly send it to: authors@afsa.org. To subscribe or place an ad, please contact Advertising and Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger. To order reprints of any articles appearing in the magazine, please contact Business Manager Mikkela Thompson. Viewing the following articles requires the use of Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free. / Front Cover 3 / Table of Contents 5 / PRESIDENT'S VIEWS Closer State-DOD Cooperation: Building on Existing Success By J. Anthony Holmes 6 / LETTERS 11 / CYBERNOTES 15 / SPEAKING OUT Run, Lemmings, Run By David T. Jones COVER STORY 19 / Transforming Diplomacy at State Obtaining the necessary resources to implement transformational diplomacy will be the key test of Secretary of State Rice's commitment to her vision. By Shawn Zeller FEATURE 30 / Honoring an "Aggressive Interventionist":Ambassador Morton Abramowitz Last month AFSA recognized the retired ambassador's many contributions to American diplomacy and his lifetime of public service. By Steven Alan Honley FS FICTION 39 / Day of the Jackalope A diplomatic faux pas is narrowly avoided with the delivery of a hefty jackalope. By Brian Aggler 44 / Ram Balram's Final Exam An Indian village's history and hope are wrapped up in the struggles of a doddering but determined old man. By Rakesh Surampudi 49 / BOOKS 52 / IN MEMORY 65 / AFSA NEWS - 68 / Award of Lifetime Contributions - 69 / Special Award of Appreciation - 70 / AFSA's 2006 Dissent Award Winners - 74 / AFSA's 2006 Outstanding Performance Award Winners - 76 / Day on the Hill 2006 - 77 / Stamps of Approval - 78 / 2006 AFSA Merit Award Winners - 80 / New Incetives for Iraq PRT Volunteers - 82 / Classifieds 85 / Real Estate 90 / Index to Advertisers 92 / REFLECTIONS A Deep Bow to the Foreign Service By Ashley Wills Viewing the articles above requires the use of Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free. 
June 2006
(Vol. 83, No. 6) For information on how to submit a letter, column or article, or for general inquiries (address changes, etc.), please e-mail us at journal@afsa.org. To submit a piece for possible publication, kindly send it to: authors@afsa.org. To subscribe or place an ad, please contact Advertising and Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger. To order reprints of any articles appearing in the magazine, please contact Business Manager Mikkela Thompson. Viewing the following articles requires the use of Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free. / Front Cover 3 / Table of Contents 5 / PRESIDENT'S VIEWS Foreign Assistance: Transformational Diplomacy's Key Missing Ingredient By J. Anthony Holmes 6 / LETTERS 10 / CYBERNOTES 14 / SPEAKING OUT Iranian Nuclear Weapons: Advantage or Liability? By George B. Lambrakis FOCUS ON THE FUTURE OF USAID 19 / USAID in the Post-9/11 World Reforms are realigning the agency's policies and operations to match today's strategic and developmental challenges. By Andrew Natsios 25 / Serving in High-Threat Posts The rules of governing Accountability Review Board have not changed much since 9/11. It is time to re-examine them. By Mark Ward 28 / Foreign Aid Policy: Old Winre in New Bottles? A shift to fostering institutional change, rather than providing direct aid, will meet bureaucratic resistance. By Thomas Ditcher 35 / USAID in 2006; Band-Aids, Not Development Economic growth is too important to cosign to a residual category of the budget. By James W. Fox 41 / Crossing the Gender Divide in Disaster Relief The Foreign Service and relief agencies need to address gender equity in disaster assistance programs. By Roxane Ritcher FEATURES 48 / An Interview with Director General W. Robert Pearson In a valedictory interview, the former DG reflects on the success of the Diplomatic Readiness Initiative and the challenges of transformational diplomacy. By George Gedda 56 / Human Rights for the Hun Empire, A.D. 451 The following report is submitted a mere 15 centuries after the events it descibes... By Donald A. Roberts 60 / BOOKS SCHOOLS SUPPLEMENT 62 / Taking A Gap Year Time off can give students an opportunity to plan for the future and clarify what they want to do. By Ingrid Ahlgren 72 / School at a Glance Essential data on educational choices. 78 / FAQ: Educating Special Needs Children Overseas Education is a challenge for FS families. But for those whose children have special needs, it can be overwhelming. By Francesca Kelly 92 / Real Estate 98 / Index to Advertisers 100 / REFLECTIONS When Suits Came Back to Managua By Brian Rudert / AFSA NEWS Center Insert / Classifieds Center Insert Viewing the articles above requires the use of Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free. May 2006
(Vol. 83, No. 5) For information on how to submit a letter, column or article, or for general inquiries (address changes, etc.), please e-mail us at journal@afsa.org. To submit a piece for possible publication, kindly send it to: authors@afsa.org. To subscribe or place an ad, please contact Advertising and Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger (miltenberger@afsa.org). To order reprints of any articles appearing in the magazine, please contact Business Manager Mikkela Thompson (thompsonm@afsa.org). Viewing the following articles requires the use of Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free. 4 / PRESIDENT'S
VIEWS 6 / LETTERS 11 / CYBERNOTES 15 / SPEAKING
OUT FOCUS
ON SPECIALIST CAREER DEVELOPMENT 27 / Specialists Speak Out On Career Development 33 / Many Paths, One Goal 37 / "Separate but Unequal": The IRM Career Path 41 / Taking OMS Training Seriously 44 / State's Generation X Work Force 50 / Peace Operations as an Instrument of U.S. Policy 57 / Appreciation: Editor, Mentor, Friend of the Foreign Service 59 / BOOKS 62 / In Memory 68 / Real Estate 74 / Index to Advertisers 76 / REFLECTIONS / AFSA NEWS / Classifieds
April 2006
(Vol. 83, No. 4) For information on how to submit a letter, column or article, or for general inquiries (address changes, etc.), please e-mail us at journal@afsa.org. To submit a piece for possible publication, kindly send it to: authors@afsa.org. To subscribe or place an ad, please contact Advertising and Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger (miltenberger@afsa.org). To order reprints of any articles appearing in the magazine, please contact Business Manager Mikkela Thompson (thompsonm@afsa.org). Viewing the following articles requires the use of Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free. 1 / Advertising 4 / Advertising 5 / PRESIDENT'S
VIEWS 6 / LETTERS 11 / CYBERNOTES 12 / MARKETPLACE 15 / SPEAKING
OUT 18 / FS
Know-How FOCUS
ON LATIN AMERICA 27 / Brazil:
Latin America's Superpower? 33 / Colombia
is Complicated 39 / The
U.S. and Mexico: What's Next? 42 / Advertising 46 / Sensing
Sensibility in the Falkland Islands 50 / FSJ Guide to Extended Stay Housing 54 / Bolivia
at the Crossroads 61 / The
Politics of Having a Maid 66 / Life
After the FS: Retirees Have the Last Word 72 / BOOKS 75 / Advertising 76 / FSJ Guide to Property Management 77 / Legacy Ad 82 / Index to Advertisers 84 / REFLECTIONS / AFSA
NEWS / Classifieds
March 2006
(Vol. 83, No. 3) For information on how to submit a letter, column or article, or for general inquiries (address changes, etc.), please e-mail us at journal@afsa.org. To submit a piece for possible publication, kindly send it to: authors@afsa.org. To subscribe or place an ad, please contact Advertising and Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger. To order reprints of any articles appearing in the magazine, please contact Business Manager Mikkela Thompson. Viewing the following articles requires the use of Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free. 1 / Advertising 4 / Advertising 5
/ PRESIDENT'S VIEWS 6 / LETTERS 10 / CYBERNOTES (now with live links) 12 / MARKETPLACE 15
/ SPEAKING OUT FOCUS
ON IRAQ AND THE FS 20
/ A Day in the Life ... 42
/ Staffing Baghdad:
Time for Directing Assignments 43
/ Staffing Baghdad: Input
from the Field 46 / AFSA Legacy Ad 50
/ A Horizontal Model
for Transformational Diplomacy 55
/ Military-Civilian Cooperation:
A Field Perspective 63
/ PRTs in Afghanistan: Model or Muddle? 70
/ CORDS: A Lesson in True Interagency
Cooperation 73 / BOOKS 75 / In Memory 84 / Advertising 90 / INDEX TO ADVERTISERS 67 / Advertising 92
/ REFLECTIONS /
AFSA NEWS /
Classifieds
February
2006
(Vol. 83, No. 2) For information on how to submit a letter, column or article, or for general inquiries (address changes, etc.), please e-mail us at journal@afsa.org. To submit a piece for possible publication, kindly send it to: authors@afsa.org. To subscribe or place an ad, please contact Advertising and Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger. To order reprints of any articles appearing in the magazine, please contact Business Manager Mikkela Thompson. Viewing the following articles requires the use of Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free. 1 / Advertising 4 / Advertising 5 /
PRESIDENT'S VIEWS 6 / LETTERS 10 / CYBERNOTES (now with live links) 12 / MARKETPLACE 15
/ SPEAKING OUT FOCUS
ON SEC. RICE'S FIRST YEAR 29
/ Anywhere, Anytime Diplomacy 33
/ Peacebuilding: A New National
Security Imperative 39
/ McKinsey Redux: What It Gets Right
and Wrong FEATURE 59 / BOOKS 61 / Advertising 66 / INDEX TO ADVERTISERS 67 / Advertising 68
/ REFLECTIONS 69 / AFSA Legacy Ad / AFSA
NEWS / Classifieds
January
2006
(Vol. 83, No. 1) For information on how to submit a letter, column or article, or for general inquiries (address changes, etc.), please e-mail us at journal@afsa.org. To submit a piece for possible publication, kindly send it to: authors@afsa.org. To subscribe or place an ad, please contact Advertising and Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger. To order reprints of any articles appearing in the magazine, please contact Business Manager Mikkela Thompson. Viewing the following articles requires the use of Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free. 1 / Advertising 4 / Advertising 5 / PRESIDENT'S
VIEWS 6 / LETTERS 11 / CYBERNOTES (now with live links) 12 / MARKETPLACE 15 / SPEAKING
OUT FOCUS ON
FS RETIREMENT 20 / "OLD
AGE IS NO PLACE FOR SISSIES" 23 / FS
RETIREES FIND A "WAE" BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT 26 / PRACTICAL
ADVICE FOR MANAGING WAE POSITIONS 29 / WRITING
AS A POST-FS CAREER: A GOOD CANE 33 / AN
NGO TO PROMOTE MULTI-TRACK DIPLOMACY 36 / SORT
OF RETIRED IN SAN DIEGO 38 / SERVING
IN PANAMA OVER AND OVER AGAIN 43 / MANAGING
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS IN ACADEMIA 44 / Advertising 46 / EIGHT
TIPS TO BREAK INTO ACADEMIA 49 / RETIREES
BUILD SUPPORT FOR THE FOREIGN SERVICE 52 / MOVING
TO A SENIOR LIVING FACILITY 56 / LIFE
AFTER THE FS: RETIREES SPEAK UP FEATURE 76 / BOOKS 78 / IN MEMORY 81 / Advertising 86 / INDEX TO ADVERTISERS 88 / REFLECTIONS 89 / Advertising / AFSA
NEWS
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