The Foreign Service Journal, October 2013

Cover 1
Contents 5
Focus: Risk Management for the Expeditionary Diplomat 17
Paying the Price of Expeditionary Diplomacy 17
Defining and Managing Acceptable Risk 23
The USAID Civilian Response Corps 28
Rebalancing National Security Policy after Afghanistan and Iraq 33
Feature 37
Togo Today and in 1970 37
AFSA News 43
AFSA Celebrates the 15th Annual National High School Essay Contest 43
State VP Voice—Positions, Promotions and Paths: Oh My! 44
USAIS VP Voice—Growing Pains at USAID 45
At USAID, Sixty-Plus is the New Forty 45
STOCK Act: A Victory for AFSA and Federal Employees 46
Adair Lecture: Challenges Facing U.S. Diplomacy in Africa 47
Diplomacy Begins at Sea 49
Inside the U.S. Military with Inside a U.S. Embassy 50
AFSA/TLG Intern Has a Rewarding Summer 51
Life in the Foreign Service 51
AFSA and ERM Partner for Education 52
AFSA and AFGE Screen “The March” 53
AFSA Welcomes Fall Interns 54
Columns 7
President's Views—Our Relationship with Congress 7
Departments 8
Letters 8
Talking Points 11
Books 56
Local Lens 66
Marketplace 59
Classifieds 59
Real Estate 62
Index to Advertisers 64

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