The Foreign Service Journal, March 2015

6 MARCH 2015 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL Editor Shawn Dorman: dorman@afsa.org Managing Editor Susan Brady Maitra: maitra@afsa.org Associate Editor Debra Blome: blome@afsa.org Editorial/Publications Specialist Brittany DeLong: delong@afsa.org Ad & Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger: miltenberger@afsa.org Art Director Caryn Suko Smith Editorial Intern Shannon Mizzi Advertising Interns Allan Saunders, William Read Contributing Editor Steven Alan Honley Editorial Board Jim DeHart, Chairman Hon. Gordon S. Brown Stephen W. Buck Ruth M. Hall Maria C. Livingston Richard McKee Beth Payne John G. Rendeiro Jr. Duncan Walker Tracy Whittington Chuck Fee (AFSA Governing Board liaison) THE MAGAZINE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS PROFESSIONALS The Foreign Service Journal (ISSN 0146-3543), 2101 E Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037-2990 is pub- lished monthly, with combined January-February and July-August issues, by the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA), a private, nonprofit organization. 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