The Foreign Service Journal, January 2009

F O C U S O N T R A N S F O R M AT I O N A L D I P L OM A C Y G LOBAL R EPOSITIONING IN P ERSPECTIVE David Wink 18 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 9 s we close the book on the Bush administration and Condoleezza Rice’s term as Secretary of State, it is appropriate to take a look at the Global Repositioning Program— a key element of her signature Transformational Diplomacy initiative— to evaluate its impact and consider what elements might be kept by the Obama administration. “To advance transformational diplomacy ... we must change our diplomatic posture,” Sec. Rice said during her policy G LOBAL REPOSITIONING IS A KEY ELEMENT OF S ECRETARY OF S TATE R ICE ’ S SIGNATURE INITIATIVE . H ERE IS AN IN - DEPTH LOOK AT THE PROGRAM . B Y S HAWN D ORMAN A