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The Foreign Service Journal, September 2024
Cover
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Contents
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Focus on the Climate Diplomacy Landscape
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The Climate Crisis: How the U.S. is Leading the Global Response
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Unlocking Resilience: Using Data to Drive Positive Climate Action in Conflict-Prone Regions
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AI Air Quality Forecasting: A State-NASA Partnership
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Fertilizer Diplomacy
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Decarbonizing Industry Through Demand: The First Movers Coalition
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From the FSJ Archive: Climate Diplomacy
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Features
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A Decade-Long Campaign to Reform Assignment Restriction Programs
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Employee Organizations Advance Religious Inclusion at State
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Appreciation
80
A Soft-Spoken Institution Builder: Lars Holman Hydle (1940-2023)
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Retirement Supplement
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Life After the Foreign Service: From U.S. Diplomat to Diplomatic Educator
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Perspectives
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President’s Views—Staying True to Ourselves
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Speaking Out—Pre-Election Homework: Build Our Institution
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Message from the Hill—From FS Kid to FS Champion in Congress: A Conversation with Senator Chris Van Hollen
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Reflections—Prying Open a Closed Society in Poland
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Local Lens—Taipei, Taiwan
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Departments
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Letters
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Talking Points
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In Memory
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Books
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Marketplace
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Real Estate
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Classifieds
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Index to Advertisers
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AFSA News
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Celebrating 100 Years in Style
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State VP Voice—Understanding Assignment Restrictions and Denials
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USAID VP Voice—Transition Anxiety
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Retiree VP Voice—Reviewing Your Retirement Plan
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William Burns on Serving with Honor
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Party in a Box!
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A Birthday Party of the Century
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FS Retiree Makes Resolution 206 Happen
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Op-Ed Voices Celebrate Centennial
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AFSA Hosts Chiefs of Mission
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Meet the 2024 AFSA Merit Award Winners
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2024 AFSA Strategic Writing Award Winner: Mark Gul
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Guidance on In-State College Tuition
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Governing Board Welcome
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New Name, New System, Same Great Service to Members
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Caucus to Shine a Light on Road Safety Abroad
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Assignment Restriction Appeals—A New Victory
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AFSA-FSI Town Hall on Modernization
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USGLC’s Annual Global Impact Forum
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Embassy Paramaribo Honors Fallen Diplomats
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AFSA Good Works—Foreign Service Books
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