The Foreign Service Journal, April 2006

46 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / A P R I L 2 0 0 6 he future of the Falkland Islands clearly lies in South America,” states Julian Morris, a Londoner on a three-year contract as general manager of the Falkland Islands Development Corporation, part of the colony’s government. Since 1985 the FIDC has disbursed over $60 million to assist more than 150 business startups and initiatives such as the 60 wind generators installed throughout the islands. The tall, ruddy 42-year-old looks pensively across his spacious new second-floor office, which offers magnificent views F O C U S O N L A T I N A M E R I C A S ENSING S ENSIBILITY IN THE F ALKLAND I SLANDS “ T T ODAY ’ S F ALKLAND I SLANDERS — VISIBLY PROSPEROUS , WIRED AND WELL EDUCATED — STAND ON THE FRINGE OF GLOBALIZATION . W HAT LIES AHEAD ? B Y J IM D ORSCHNER Elizabeth Lada