The Foreign Service Journal, September-October 2025

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2025 5 83 Ruth A. Davis Remembering a Consummate Diplomatic Professional By Stacy D. Williams 86 Lino Gutiérrez An Unsung Hero of the Foreign Service By Charles Ray 88 Richard Boucher “The Boucher Rules” Live On By Caitlin Hayden 90 Charles B. Rangel Supporting a Stronger Foreign Service By Horace G. Dawson and Patricia Scroggs September-October 2025 Volume 102, No. 6 FOCUS ON THE FUTURE OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE 20 The Challenges of Reorganizing the State Department By Maren Brooks 25 Development Diplomacy: The Strategic Imperative By Erin E. McKee 29 Congress: The Missing Link in State Department Reform By Evan Cooper 32 A Curriculum for the Foreign Service By Dan Spokojny 36 Competence Before Connections: Redesigning Assignments for the Modern Era By Charity L. Boyette 40 A Practitioner’s Framework: Science & Technology Integration at State By Lee E. Voth-Gaeddert 43 The Foreign Service Act of 1980 at a Pivotal Moment By Steven Alan Honley and Lisa Heller IN APPRECIATION: TRIBUTES TO OUR FALLEN GIANTS

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