The Foreign Service Journal, September 2007

Cover I
Contents 3
Focus on Human Rights 20
Reasserting U.S. Leadership in Human Rights 20
A Cure Worse than the Disease? 26
Crafting a New Counterinsurgency Doctrine 33
The Folly of a Short-Term Approach 41
FS Fiction 48
Lucky 48
Features 53
Lessons from Northern Ireland's Peace Process 53
The Boxer Siege: A Precedent for the Iranian Hostage Crisis 56
Columns 5
President's Views—Team AFSA 5
Speaking Out—Six Simple Proposals to Improve Efficiency and Morale 14
FS Know-How—Retirement Planning 101 17
Reflections—Politically Incorrect in Burma 92
Deparments 7
Letters 7
Cybernotes 10
Marketplace 12
FasTrax 13
AFSA News 63
Books 79
In Memory 80
Index to Advertisers 90

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