The Foreign Service Journal is a monthly publication of the American Foreign Service Association founded in 1924.

It covers foreign affairs from the perspective of American Foreign Service officers, members of Washington's foreign policy establishment, as well as features on living overseas as a foreign affairs professional. The publication currently has a circulation of 15,000 with approximately 30,000 readers.

Each issue of the Foreign Service Journal covers foreign affairs from an insider's perspective, Keeping readers informed about who's who and what's what in foreign affairs in Washington.

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/ Front Cover

3 / Table of Contents

5 / PRESIDENT'S VIEWS
An Over-Ripe Opportunity Needs Attention Now
By J. Anthony Holmes

6 / LETTERS

8 / CYBERNOTES

11 / FASTRAX

12 / SPEAKING OUT
When Importance Is Equated with Danger
By Brian T. Neubert

13 / MARKETPLACE

16 / IN RESPONSE
Much More than Pins on a Map
By Lawrence E. Butler

18 / FS KNOW-HOW
Dealing With Identity Theft
By David Zwach

COVER STORY

20 / PLUS CA CHANGE...?
Many in the Foreign Service may hope that things will get back to "normal" once the Iraq War is over. Don't count on it.
By Shawn Zeller


FEATURES


27 / COPING WITH UNACCOPANIED TOURS
The unaccompanied tour, a rapidly growing category of overseas service, presents new challenges for the Foreign Service.
By Nancy Leninger

35 / RECALLING ALL-PURPOSE DUTY IN RUSSIA
RTwo decades ago, Embassy Moscow and Consulate General Leningrad became the only U.S. diplomatic missions in a foreign country with now FSNs.
By Allan Mustard

42 / THE EDUCATION OF CARNE ROSS: FROM OUTRAGE TO OPPORTUNITY
A senior British Foreign Service officer who resigned three years ago over his government's Iraq policy now provides diplomatic advice to those who need it most.
By Ludovic Hood

46 / THE LAST FLIGHT FROM TALLINN
A Foreign Service code clerk finally receives recognition for his sacrifice in the line of duty two-thirds a century ago .
By Eric A Johnson and Anna Hermann

53 / AFSA News

63 / BOOKS

70 / INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

72 / REFLECTIONS
A House Call in the Guatemalan Highlands
By Donald W. MacCorquodale

American Foreign Service Association: (Wikipedia)

The American Foreign Service Association (AFSA), established in 1924, is the professional association of the United States Foreign Service. With over 12,000 members, AFSA represents 23,000 active and retired Foreign Service employees of the Department of State and Agency for International Development (AID), as well as smaller groups in the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service (FCS), and International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB).

AFSA's principal missions are:

    "To enhance the effectiveness of the Foreign Service, to protect the professional interests of its members, to ensure the maintenance of high professional standards for both career diplomats and political appointees, and to promote understanding of the critical role of the Foreign Service in promoting America's national security and economic prosperity."

AFSA publishes the monthly Foreign Service Journal, presents an annual set of awards for intellectual courage and creative dissent, organizes programs of speakers on foreign affairs, maintains meeting facilities for its members, provides a college scholarship program for Foreign Service children and offers specialized insurance plans to its members. AFSA's legislative affairs department coordinates efforts to keep U.S. Congress aware of the concerns of the Foreign service and of active and retired Foreign Service personnel.

AFSA is the union for Foreign Service employees of the Department of State, AID, FAS, CS, and IBB. In this capacity, AFSA negotiates with the managements of the principal foreign-affairs agencies on personnel policies and practices affecting members' working conditions. AFSA also represents members in formal grievance proceedings, office of security and inspector general investigations, and EEO cases, while providing them informal assistance in dealing with administrative problems. Foreign Service retiree concerns are also part of the AFSA agenda. AFSA works with retired Foreign Service personnel on legislative issues related to retiree pensions and benefits.

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