The Foreign Service Journal, October 2011

J O U R N A L OREIGN ERVICE S F P RESIDENT ’ S V IEWS / 5 Taking AFSA’s Efforts to the Next Level By Susan R. Johnson S PEAKING O UT / 15 Not-So-Smart Power By James Stephenson R EFLECTIONS / 76 Bridging the Gap in Mumbai By Sandya Das C YBERNOTES / 11 M ARKETPLACE / 12 B OOKS / 72 I NDEX TO A DVERTISERS / 74 Cover illustration by Anna & Elena Balbusso O C T O B E R 2 0 1 1 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 3 C ONTENTS October 2011 Volume 88, No. 9 C O V E R S T O R Y I N T HEIR O WN W RITE : B OOKS BY F OREIGN S ERVICE A UTHORS / 18 Once again we are pleased to feature our annual compilation of recently published books by Foreign Service-affiliated authors. By Susan Maitra F E A T U R E S F IXING F OREIGN A ID / 46 U.S. foreign assistance badly needs an overhaul. Sadly, it is pretty far down the list compared to other issues on Washington’s agenda. By Ben Barber D ICK AND J ANE IN U KRAINE / 51 Learning a foreign language proves to be an even greater adventure than one Foreign Service student bargains for.. By Marsha Philipak-Chambers L EAVE N O P ET B EHIND / 55 How hard could it to be to transport three rodents from Washington, D.C., to Budapest? You might be surprised. By Keith W. Mines A F S A N E W S A MBASSADOR N ICK B URNS G IVES A DAIR L ECTURE : F UTURE C HALLENGES FOR U.S. D IPLOMACY / 59 N EWS B RIEFS / 60 S TATE VP: I NCOMPARABLE / 61 FCS VP: W HAT L IES A HEAD ? / 62 AFSA/TLG I NTERN M AKES AN I MPRESSION / 63 R ETIREE VP: W HAT THE M ESS M EANS / 63 S EMESTER AT S EA : C HANGING L IVES O NE S TUDENT AT A T IME / 64 S ECRETARY C LINTON C ONGRATULATES AFSA’ S 2011 E SSAY C ONTEST W INNER / 67 AFSA A NNOUNCES N EW P ARTNERSHIPS / 67 T EN Y EARS AFTER 9/11: D IPLOMACY AND D EVELOPMENT / 68 C LASSIFIEDS / 69