The Foreign Service Journal, January-February 2017

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2017 5 COURTESYOFTHOMASC.ADAMS Focus on Notes to the New Administration January-Feburary 2017 Volume 94, No. 1 FOREIGN SERVICE Feature 18 Mr. President, You Have Partners at State to Help Navigate the World’s Shoals The new administration’s challenge is to sustain U.S. leadership in an increasingly unhinged world. By Ke i t h W. M i n e s 23 One Story, Two Events, Seven Leadership Lessons Policy crises and human crises in faraway places—the stuff of diplomacy today—offer compelling lessons in leadership. By P r u d e n c e Bu s h n e l l 27 44 Developing the Next Generation of Followers at USAID We need to better understand followership—not just because it essentially complements leadership, but for its own specific qualities. By J o s é M . Ga r z ó n 27 Foreign Assistance: Time to Sharpen a Vital Diplomatic Tool Here are eight recommendations to rationalize U.S. foreign assistance and, thus, greatly increase its effectiveness. By T h oma s C . Ad ams 33 Notes to the New Administration Members of the U.S. Foreign Service brief the Trump team, briefly.

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