The Foreign Service Journal, September 2018

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | SEPTEMBER 2018 5 September 2018 Volume 95, No. 7 FOREIGN SERVICE Beyond the Redesign: Can State Deliver? 26 Blue-Ribbon Blues: Why So Many Great Reports and Good Ideas Go Nowhere Reform efforts at State are perennial. Several critical institutional issues have been studied again and again for decades to scant effect. Why is change so difficult? By Ha r r y Ko p p 33 You Have a Strategy. Now What? — How to Turn Any U.S. Mission Strategy into Results Today State has a unique opportunity to reassert leadership of foreign policy by focusing on delivering the outcomes promised by strategies that are now aligned across the department. By Ma t t Bo l a n d Feature 52 Practicing Environmental Diplomacy Early childhood experiences and a commitment to environmental stewardship served this diplomat well throughout his career. By Tom A rmb r u s t e r Message from the Hill 15 A Foreign Service for America By Re p re s e n t a t i ve J oa q u i n Ca s t r o 39 E-Hell: Is There a Way Out? Efficient and secure information technology processes and platforms are the primary requirements for State’s operational modernization. Here is a candid look at the challenges and suggestions for a way forward. By J a y An a n i a 43 Who Is the Future of the Foreign Service? Career public servants at all levels and specialties make diplomacy work. How do we find them, keep them, grow them? By Ba r ba r a Bo d i n e 47 The Future of the Foreign Service—As Seen Through the Years From the FSJ Archive.