The Foreign Service Journal, May 2010

J O U R N A L OREIGN ERVICE S F P RESIDENT ’ S V IEWS / 5 Seeing Diplomacy As a Profession By Susan R. Johnson S PEAKING O UT / 14 Time for State to Get Up to Speed By Tom Casey R EFLECTIONS / 80 The Yukon Jack Manifesto By Jonathan Mines L ETTERS / 7 M ARKETPLACE / 8 C YBERNOTES / 10 B OOKS / 63 I N M EMORY / 68 I NDEX TO A DVERTISERS / 78 Cover and inside illustration by Gary Kempston M A Y 2 0 1 0 / 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 2010 Volume 87, No. 5 F O C U S O N T h e F u t u r e o f t h e F o r e i g n S e r v i c e T HE C HALLENGE OF P ROFESSIONAL D EVELOPMENT / 17 It is time for the Foreign Service to pull together recent advances in training into a comprehensive plan. By Ronald E. Neumann D IPLOMACY 3.0: A P ROGRESS R EPORT / 24 Unlike the Diplomatic Readiness Initiative, Diplomacy 3.0 is envisioned as a long-term approach to FS hiring needs. By Bob Guldin T HE N EXT -G ENERATION D EPARTMENT OF S TATE P ROJECT / 29 We must empower the Secretary of State to coordinate the entire U.S. international relations mechanism. By Edward Marks T HE “R EFORM ” OF F OREIGN S ERVICE R EFORM / 35 The constant need to redefine the diplomatic mission and organize accordingly continues to drive a debate that began in the late 1940s. By Thomas D. Boyatt S/CRS: S MART P OWER IN A CTION / 40 An interview with Ambassador John Herbst, the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization since 2006. By Steven Alan Honley F S H E R I T A G E A L ONG -T ERM P ERSPECTIVE ON U.S. F OREIGN D EVELOPMENT C OOPERATION / 45 Building on time-tested models is the best way to create development cooperation institutions that can meet future challenges. By Glenn Rogers