The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2010

Cover I
Contents 3
Focus on FS Reflections 16
Tai Tai: A Diplomat’s Wife in the Middle Kingdom 16
A Special Relationship: The FSN-FSO Bond 19
Returning to Dachau, 65 Years Later 22
The American Without a Country 26
FS Fiction 29
The Interview 29
Whole Lada Love 34
Features 38
A Determined Optimist: L. Bruce Laingen 38
A Year after Iran: The Role of International Election Standards 45
FS Heritage 51
Garibaldi in Blue? 51
AFSA News 59
Memorial Plaque Ceremony 59
AFSA Dissent and Performance Award Winners Announced 59
News Briefs / Aggeler 60
VP State—ePerformance 61
VP USAID—A Place for Everyone 62
VP FAS—Back to the Future (Up or Out, Part 3) 63
AFSA Award Winners’ Profiles 64
Alec Ross Discusses Technology and Diplomacy 69
2010 AFSA Merit Award Winners 70
Merit Essay Winner: Joyce’s Umbrella 72
AFSA-PAC Treasurer’s Report 72
Classifieds 74
Departments 5
President’s Views—A Midterm Report Card 5
Speaking Out—Latin America’s Latest Victim: The Free Press 13
Reflections—I Am a Girl 88
Letters 7
Cybernotes 9
Marketplace 50
Books 55
In Memory 77
Index to Advertisers 86

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