The Foreign Service Journal, January 2010

J O U R N A L OREIGN ERVICE S F P RESIDENT ’ S V IEWS / 5 The State-USAID Relationship: Measure Twice, Cut Once By Susan R. Johnson S PEAKING O UT / 13 The Population Bomb Is Still Ticking By Michael Fritz R EFLECTIONS / 64 I Remember a Gift By Robert E. Gribbin L ETTERS / 7 C YBERNOTES / 9 M ARKETPLACE / 12 B OOKS / 53 I N M EMORY / 56 I NDEX TO A DVERTISERS / 62 Cover and inside illustration Jeff Kogel C O V E R S T O R Y USAID: S IGNS OF G ROWTH / 16 Administrator-designate Rajiv Shah is well-regarded, but his nomination does not resolve lingering doubts about the agency’s future. By Shawn Zeller F E A T U R E S H ONORING P ATT D ERIAN / 26 Nearly three decades after leaving office, the first assistant secretary for human rights receives a rare tribute. By Diana Page T HE R OLE OF THE D IPLOMAT IN THE M ODERN E RA / 30 There is simply no substitute for the personal touch skillful diplomats bring to their mission. By Yoav J. Tenembaum F S H E R I T A G E E NTERING THE U.S. D IPLOMATIC AND C ONSULAR S ERVICES IN 1922 / 32 See how you would have fared on the entrance exams for the State Department nearly a century ago. By Luciano Mangiafico A F S A N E W S AFSA 2009-2011 G OVERNING B OARD P RIORITIES / 37 D OES D ISSENT H ARM Y OUR C AREER ? / 37 N EWS B RIEFS AND A GGELER / 38 VP S TATE : A RBITRARY ? W ITHOUT A D OUBT ! / 39 VP R ETIREE : P RIORITIES & S URVEYS / 40 AFSA S TATEMENT ON P OLITICAL A MBASSADORSHIPS / 40 B ASRA M EMORIAL P LAQUE / 41 VP FCS: R ESOURCES , R ESOURCES , R ESOURCES / 41 AFSA F INANCIAL A ID S CHOLARS / 42 2010 D UES U PDATE / 47 T EN Y EARS AT AFSA: A NA L OPEZ / 48 A F OND F AREWELL TO B ARBARA B ERGER / 48 F OREIGN S ERVICE E- MAIL G ROUPS / 49 C LASSIFIEDS / 51 J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 0 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 3 C ONTENTS January 2010 Volume 87, No. 1