The Foreign Service Journal, February 2009

F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 9 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 3 F O C U S O N G l o b a l E n e r g y S TRIKING W HILE THE I RON I S H OT / 16 The convergence of the need for economic stimulus plans, lower-carbon energy sources and infrastructure renewal is a historic moment. By William C. Ramsay C APITALIZING ON A S TRATEGIC O PPORTUNITY / 21 By taking the lead to address climate change, the U.S. can shift global economic and environmental dynamics. By Sarah Ladislaw F E A T U R E I MPROVING THE PRT-M ILITARY P ROFESSIONAL R ELATIONSHIP / 27 A U.S. Army member of an Iraq Provincial Reconstruction Team offers practical advice to Foreign Service colleagues. By Sean P. Walsh F S H E R I T A G E T HE C OURAGEOUS D IPLOMACY OF E BENEZER D. B ASSETT / 30 The heroism, integrity and concern for human rights of the first African-American diplomat to serve as a U.S. chief of mission set a powerful example. By Christopher J. Teal A P P R E C I A T I O N P ASSAGE OF A G LOBAL N OMAD : N ORMA M. M C C AIG , 1945-2008 / 36 By Mikkela Thompson A F S A N E W S A NNUAL O PINION P OLL Y IELDS R ECORD N UMBER OF R ESPONSES / 39 R ENOVATION U PDATE / 39 N EWS B RIEFS AND A GGELER / 40 2008 T AX G UIDE / 43 C LASSIFIEDS / 57 C ONTENTS February 2009 Volume 86, No. 2 Cover and inside illustration by Josh Dorman P RESIDENT ’ S V IEWS / 5 Self-Help By John K. Naland S PEAKING O UT / 12 AFRICOM & SOUTHCOM: Reliquaria from an Earlier Era By David Passage R EFLECTIONS / 72 A Confrontation in Moscow By Kempton Jenkins L ETTERS / 6 C YBERNOTES / 8 M ARKETPLACE / 11 B OOKS / 59 I N M EMORY / 62 I NDEX TO A DVERTISERS / 70 J O U R N A L OREIGN ERVICE S F