The Foreign Service Journal, January-February 2014

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2014 5 January-February 2014 Volume 91, No. 1-2 FOREIGN SERVICE AFSA NEWS 2013 AFSA Tax Guide / 53 VP Voice State: Occupy AFSA—Get Involved / 54 VP Voice FCS: Off to a Strong and Healthy Start / 55 VP Voice Retiree: Retirees Support Scholarship Program / 55 FS Experts Address American University Students / 56 Claiming Workers’ Compensation / 56 Nominate a Colleague for a Constructive Dissent Award / 57 2014 AFSA Dues Rates / 57 AFSA President Speaks at Seton Hall University / 58 Call for Performance Awards Nominations / 58 What You Need to Know about Social Security / 59 2013-2014 AFSA Financial Aid Scholarship Winners / 60 Recognizing Volunteers at Post / 63 COLUMNS President’s Views / 7 The Foreign Service at 90: Future-Oriented, with Traditional Strengths BY ROBERT J . S I LVERMAN Letter from the Editor / 8 All Hail Mighty Janus! BY STEVEN ALAN HONLEY Speaking Out / 18 Protecting the Realm: The Past Must Be Prologue BY T I MOTHY LAWSON Reflections / 97 Jasmine and Lilacs BY RAY PEPPERS DEPARTMENTS Letters / 12 Talking Points / 14 Books / 51 In Memory / 86 Local Lens / 98 MARKETPLACE Classifieds / 90, 91, 92 Real Estate / 93 Index to Advertisers / 96 On the cover: U.S.Ambassador Michael McFaul and Deputy Press Attaché Stacy Mactaggert discuss questions from Russian Twitter followers with other members of the social media team during a Twitter Q&A session at Embassy Moscow in late November. Photo by Stefan Mizha.Added to the photo is a screen shot of the embassy’s Twitter page, @USEmbRu. Composition by Jeff Lau. FOCUS SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE FOREIGN SERVICE Using ‘Social Diplomacy’ to Reach Russians / 21 Utilizing new media in public diplomacy is vital in countries like Russia, where government control of most broadcast media often distorts the message fromWashington. BY ROBERT KOEN I G Success and Growing Pains: Official Use of Social Media at State / 27 Digital technology, incorporating the most recent developments in social media and mobile applications, is having a profound effect on diplomacy. BY J ESSE SM I TH AFSA’s Social Media Roundup / 34 Changing times call for changing attitudes toward member engagement. Here is a report on AFSA’s first four years of experience in the growing world of social media. BY ÁSGE I R S I GFÚSSON This Is How We Tweet / 39 Twitter meets the State Department bureaucracy. BY BEN EAST FEATURE Side by Side by the Smithsonian / 42 The potential for cultural and scientific diplomacy via the State-Smithsonian partnership is, as the Smithsonian brand states, “Seriously Amazing.” BY BEATR I CE CAMP FS HERITAGE J. Rives Childs in Wartime Tangier / 46 Despite the wealth of material generated by and about U.S. diplomat J. Rives Childs, he remains an enigma a quarter-century after his death. BY GERALD LOF TUS