The Foreign Service Journal, January 2011

J O U R N A L OREIGN ERVICE S F P RESIDENT ’ S V IEWS / 5 Time for the Foreign Service Reserve Corps By Susan R. Johnson S PEAKING O UT / 14 Welcoming the Disabled to the Foreign Service By Michael Bricker L ETTER FROM THE E DITOR / 18 By Steven Alan Honley R EFLECTIONS / 68 Our Little Secret By Regina Landor L ETTERS / 7 C YBERNOTES / 10 M ARKETPLACE / 12 B OOKS / 42 I NDEX TO A DVERTISERS / 66 Cover photo by Jim DeHart J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 1 / 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 2011 Volume 88, No. 1 C O V E R S T O R Y M ICRODIPLOMACY IN A FGHANISTAN / 20 The experience of a Provincial Reconstruction Team working in Kapisi province shows the great potential of local engagement. By Matthew B. Arnold and Dana D. Deree F E A T U R E S T HE U.S. AND L IBYA : N ORMALIZATION OF A S TORMY R ELATIONSHIP / 26 The recent improvement in relations with Tripoli suggests some larger foreign policy lessons. By David L. Mack A T ALE OF T WO P ARKS / 30 A retired FSO and native New Yorker takes the measure of a bustling provincial capital in modern China through the prism of Central Park. By Richard L. Jackson H AITI : S TRENGTH A MID D ESOLATION / 35 A year after the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake, Haiti continues to endure more than its share of hardships. But efforts to rebuild continue, as well. By Christopher E. Goldthwait A PPRECIATION / 39 A Visionary and Activist for the Foreign Service: Stephen Low, 1927-2010 By Kenneth L. Brown