The Foreign Service Journal, September 2019

6 SEPTEMBER 2019 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL Editor-in-Chief, Director of Publications Shawn Dorman: dorman@afsa.org Senior Editor Susan Brady Maitra: maitra@afsa.org Managing Editor Kathryn Owens: owens@afsa.org Associate Editor Cameron Woodworth: woodworth@afsa.org Publications Coordinator Dmitry Filipoff: filipoff@afsa.org Advertising Manager Allan Saunders: ads@afsa.org Art Director Caryn Suko Smith Editorial Board Alexis Ludwig, Chair Hon. Robert M. Beecroft Daniel Crocker Joel Ehrendreich Harry Kopp Jess McTigue Christopher Teal Joe Tordella Vivian Walker Hon. Laurence Wohlers Dinah Zeltser-Winant THE MAGAZINE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS PROFESSIONALS The Foreign Service Journal (ISSN 0146-3543), 2101 E Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037-2990 is published monthly, with combined January-February and July-August issues, by the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA), a private, nonprofit organization. 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