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The Foreign Service Journal, May 2012

Cover	1
Contents	5
Focus on the Arab Spring	13
An Arab Spring Primer	13
The Arab Media’s Shaky Awakening	19
Women and the Arab Spring	24
Tunisia’s Identity Crisis	27
Marginal No Longer: New Openings in the Maghreb	31
Feature	37
Understanding Economics: A Top Dozen Wonkisms	37
AFSA News	39
Representative Van Hollen: A Defender of the Foreign Service	39
News Briefs	41
Proposed AFSA Bylaws Amendments	42
V.P. State—Making the FS Truly Family-Friendly	43
V.P. FCS—Much Ado About Nothing?	44
V.P. Retirees—Serving AFSA's Current and Future Retirees	45
AFSA Hosts Deputy Secretary Nides	46
Traveling with Our Pets	47
Book Notes: Dissent in the Time of Hysteria	48
FSJ Editor Speaks at Texas Tech University	49
GLIFAA Celebrates 20th Anniversary	49
Classifieds	50
Departments	7
President’s Views—Time for FSOs to Stand Up for the Foreign Service	7
Reflections—Skylab Descends	66
Letters	8
Cybernotes	9
Marketplace	10
Books	53
In Memory	56
Index to Advertisers	64

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