The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2019

6 JULY-AUGUST 2019 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL Editor-in-Chief, Director of Publications Shawn Dorman: dorman@afsa.org Senior Editor Susan Brady Maitra: maitra@afsa.org Managing Editor Kathryn Owens: owens@afsa.org Associate Editors Donna Gorman: gorman@afsa.org Cameron Woodworth: woodworth@afsa.org Publications Coordinator Dmitry Filipoff: filipoff@afsa.org Advertising Manager Allan Saunders: ads@afsa.org Art Director Caryn Suko Smith Editorial Board Alexis Ludwig, Chair James “Jim” Bever Fred Boll Angela Bond Karen Brown Cleveland Shawn Kobb Harry Kopp John G. Rendeiro Jr. Priyadarshi “Pri” Sen Dinah Zeltser-Winant THE MAGAZINE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS PROFESSIONALS The Foreign Service Journal (ISSN 0146-3543), 2101 E Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037-2990 is published monthly, with combined January-February and July-August issues, by the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA), a private, nonprofit organization. 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