THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | JULY-AUGUST 2026 5 FEATURE 46 Making Truth Travel Faster Than Lies: Public Diplomacy at the Front Lines of Migration By Andrea Stanford FS HERITAGE 49 The Trent Affair: When Diplomacy Saved the Union By Richard Hinman 49 53 A FSA Honors Fallen Diplomats on FS Day, Without State 53 A FSA Condemns May 5 Reduction in Force 54 State VP Voice—Fidelity, Dissent, and Hypocrisy 55 U SAID Representative Voice— How to Represent the Foreign Service Now 56 Retiree VP Voice— Steadfast at 250 56 AFSA Opposes Proposed Government-wide NDA 59 A Lasting Investment in Diplomacy 59 A FSA Governing Board Meetings, March 18 and April 15, 2026 60 A FSA’s General Counsel Leaves Lasting Legacy 64 AFSA Welcomes New Hires 64 A FSA’s Road Scholar Program Returns to D.C. 65 AFSA Raises Alarm over EER Process Integrity 65 Foreign Service Departures AFSA NEWS THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF AFSA PERSPECTIVES 7 President’s Views Stand with AFSA By John “Dink” Dinkelman 9 Letter from the Editor Diplomacy Beyond 250 By Shawn Dorman 18 Speaking Out Shaping the Next 250 Years of U.S. Diplomacy: Vision, Humility, and Action By Katherine Ntiamoah 84 Reflections A Birth on the Shore of the Toliara Lagoon By Freda White-Henry 86 Local Lens Samarkand, Uzbekistan By Michael Longhauser DEPARTMENTS 10 Letters 12 Talking Points 67 In Memory 77 Books 53 MARKETPLACE 80 Real Estate 82 Index to Advertisers 83 Classifieds
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