THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2025 5 January-February 2025 Volume 102, No. 1 TRANSITIONS TRANSITIONS TRANSITIONS TRANSITIONS TRANSITIONS TRANSITIONS PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2025 INSIDE: Tom Shannon on the Future of Diplomacy Elections and the Foreign Service Working a Presidential Transition FOCUS 18 Liberate the Future Today’s diplomats have an opportunity to play a historic role in reshaping the direction of U.S. foreign policy. By Thomas A. Shannon Jr. 22 A Look Back: The Foreign Service and Presidential Elections From the FSJ Archive Exploring the “time capsule” that is the FSJ Digital Archive yields insights into the importance of presidential elections for the U.S. Foreign Service. 35 Working a Presidential Transition: FirstPerson Accounts Stories from past presidential transitions, as told by the Foreign Service officers who worked through them. Compiled by Daniel Evensen TRANSITIONS TRANSITIONS PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2025 INSIDE: Tom Shannon on the Future of Diplomacy Elections and the Foreign Service Working a Presidential Transition TRANSITIONS PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2025 INSIDE: Tom Shannon on the Future of Diplomacy Elections and the Foreign Service 18
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