The Foreign Service Journal, January 2011

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 9 policies preventing them from taking decisive action when it comes to a sick employee in a difficult posting. Michelle Donnelly Office Management Specialist Embassy Nouakchott Abkhazia and South Ossetia: Part of Georgia In his November article, “From Mount Elbrus to Ararat,” James Angell refers to “the ‘independent republics’ of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Ingushe- tia, Chechnya and Dagestan in the Russian Federation.” Abkhazia and South Ossetia are not in the Russian Federation — they are regions of Georgia occupied by Russia, which formally recognizes their inde- pendence. Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan are republics in the Russian Federation, all with separatist tenden- cies. Jonathan Kulick Adviser Office of the State Minister of Georgia for Reintegration Editor’s Note: We have corrected that passage in the online version to read: “Today it is home to a collection of powder kegs: the ‘independent re- publics’ of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, in Georgia; Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan in the Russian Federation, bordering Georgia to the north; and Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey, with ongoing, bitter enmities among them, along Georgia’s southern border.” n L E T T E R S CORRECTIONS In the listing for Susan Clough Wyatt’s memoir, Arabian Nights and Daze: Living Yemen with the Foreign Service , in the November issue (p. 27), Wyatt’s former husband’s name is misspelled. He is David William McClintock. In the same issue, Patricia Sharpe’s two volumes of poetry, Indus Suite and Coming and Going Love Poems , were mistakenly described as “handbound” (p. 45). Though on textured stock and with unusual artistic touches, the books are not in any sense “handmade.” They are pub- lished by Finishing Line Press of George- town, Ky., and available through Amazon. We regret the errors.