The Foreign Service Journal, January-February 2017

8 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2017 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL Editor in Chief, Director of Publications Shawn Dorman: dorman@afsa.org Managing Editor Susan Brady Maitra: maitra@afsa.org Associate Editor Gemma Dvorak: dvorak@afsa.org Publications Coordinator Dmitry Filipoff: filipoff@afsa.org Ad & Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger: miltenberger@afsa.org Art Director Caryn Suko Smith Editorial Intern Katherine Perroots: fsjedit@afsa.org Advertising Intern Eka Cipta Putera Chandra: adintern@afsa.org Contributing Editor Steven Alan Honley Editorial Board Beth Payne, Chair Randy Berry James Bever Angela Bond Hon. Gordon S. Brown Stephen W. Buck Lawrence Casselle (Governing Board Liaison) Eric Green Kara McDonald John G. 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