The Foreign Service Journal, May 2009

J O U R N A L OREIGN ERVICE S F P RESIDENT ’ S V IEWS / 5 Stay the Course By John K. Naland S PEAKING O UT / 12 Hope for Gay and Lesbian Foreign Service Employees By Steven Giegerich R EFLECTIONS / 60 Betting on Imperialism By Rakesh Surampudi L ETTERS / 7 C YBERNOTES / 9 M ARKETPLACE / 11 B OOKS / 53 I NDEX TO A DVERTISERS / 58 Cover and inside illustration by Phil Foster F O C U S O N FA S & F C S H OPING FOR A B REAK : F OREIGN T RADE A GENCIES U NDER P RESSURE / 15 Despite the economic and diplomatic dividends of their work, FSOs at Agriculture and Commerce are coping with inadequate budgets. By Shawn Zeller N OTES FROM THE F IELD : FCS D ELIVERS FOR U.S. B USINESS / 23 FCS will continue to assist American companies grappling with a challenging economic environment. By Aileen Crowe Nandi FAS AT A C ROSSROADS : R ESHAPING A G D IPLOMACY / 27 The Foreign Agricultural Service has repeatedly reinvented itself throughout its 80-year history. The time has come for another evolution. By Allan Mustard E MERGING C HALLENGES : F ARM T RADE IN THE A GE OF G LOBALIZATION / 32 Facing a range of political threats to agricultural trade, FAS must again prove the value of its work. By Eric Trachtenberg F S H E R I T A G E E UGENE S CHUYLER : S CHOLAR , P ATRIOT AND M AN OF L ETTERS / 37 A visit by the Czarist Navy to New York City in 1863 led one of America’s first Russia experts to join the U.S. Consular Service. By Eric A. Johnson A P P R E C I A T I O N A L IFE D EDICATED T O S ERVICE : B RIAN D ANIEL A DKINS , 1983-2009 / 41 By Charles Hornbostel A F S A N E W S AFSA M EETS W ITH S ECRETARY C LINTON / 45 D ON ’ T F ORGET TO V OTE ! / 45 B RIEFS , A GGELER / 46 AFSA’ S T ESTIMONY B EFORE H OUSE A PPROPRIATIONS / 47 VP V OICE : USAID A M EETING WITH THE S ECRETARY / 48 U PCOMING T RANSITION C ENTER C OURSES / 48 VP V OICE : FAS P ARTIAL D IFFERENTIAL E QUATIONS / 49 F AMILY M EMBER M ATTERS : P RESCHOOL S UBSIDIES / 50 C LASSIFIEDS / 51 M A 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 C ONTENTS May 2009 Volume 86, No. 5