The Foreign Service Journal, June 2005

Chinese strategist Sun Tzu argued, is the best way to win. But it means putting diplomacy front and center, not at the margins. Our economic tools have also been underutilized; nor have they been integrated into an overall national security strategy. International finan- cial policy has been virtually invisible in this administration; there has been no crafting of strategies to address the capital needs and adverse internation- al financial flows affecting the “have- not” countries. Trade policy has focused on marginal agreements for free trade with already advanced “soon-to-have” countries, but has not addressed the agricultural market problems of the most poor countries. Development assistance has been “reformed” by creating a fifth develop- ment assistance program — the Millennium Challenge Corporation— alongside the existing spigots — USAID, defense assistance, State De- partment Economic Support Funds and Treasury Department contribu- tions to the multilateral development banks. These programs are scarcely coordinated within the U.S. govern- ment, let alone with other donors. Yet these are the very tools needed to fashion a coordinated plan for tackling J U N E 2 0 0 5 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 63 2400 Virginia Ave., N.W Washington, D.C., 20037 Tel: (202) 293-2000 E-mail: leasingoffice@columbiaplaza.net Office Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:00 AM-5:30 PM Sat 10:00 AM-4:00 PM 24 Hour Front Desk Garage Parking Avaliable Controlled Access Potomac River Views Minutes to Fine Dining Newly Renovated Kitchens Directly across the street from Main State, minutes to Kennedy Center and Georgetown Beautiful and Spacious: Available Immediately Efficiency $ 1,100 - $ 1,250 1 Bedroom 1,425 - 1,700 2 Bedroom 2,100 - 2,700 Utilities Included Complimentary Voice Mail Courtyard Style Plaza Polished Hardwood Floors Private Balconies Huge Walk-in Closets Capital Living With Comfort and Convenience columbia plaza apartments Terrorism and weapons of mass destruction a re tactics used in the pursuit of larger goals by nations and transnational movements.