The Foreign Service Journal, September 2019

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | SEPTEMBER 2019 5 42 Foreign Service Youth Foundation: 30 Years of Service Three decades after its founding, FSYF remains focused on helping our young people adapt to changing environments as they transition between posts worldwide. By J o h n K . Na l a n d September 2019 Volume 96, No. 7 FOREIGN SERVICE 25 We Have to Be There The rise of risk aversion at the State Department has undermined U.S. diplomats’ ability to work effectively, with serious unintended consequences for national security. By An n e Wo o d s Pa t t e r s o n 30 Getting Preventive Stabilization on the Map Two practitioners discuss the challenges of conflict prevention in the modern age. By Da v i d C . Be c ke r a n d S t eve Lew i s Features Focus on Preventive Diplomacy 34 Predicting and Preventing Intrastate Violence: Lessons from Rwanda An FSO and former ambassador to Rwanda reflects on the ability to predict and prevent intrastate violence. By Da v i d Raws o n 39 Measures Short of War An excerpt from the first of the George F. Kennan Lectures delivered at the National War College, 1946-1947. By Ge o r ge F. Ke n n a n 45 War Comes to Warsaw— September 1939 A riveting look back at the German invasion of Poland 80 years ago that ignited World War II. By Ra y Wa l s e r ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/MHJ