The Foreign Service Journal - October 2017

8 OCTOBER 2017 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL Editor in Chief, Director of Publications Shawn Dorman: dorman@afsa.org Managing Editor Susan Brady Maitra: maitra@afsa.org Associate Editor Gemma Dvorak: dvorak@afsa.org Publications Coordinator Dmitry Filipoff: filipoff@afsa.org Ad & Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger: miltenberger@afsa.org Art Director Caryn Suko Smith Advertising Intern Windy Tay: adintern@afsa.org Editorial Board Eric Green, Chair James (Jim) Bever Angela Bond M. Allyn Brooks-LaSure Lawrence Casselle Shawn Kobb Suzanne McGuire John G. Rendeiro Jr. Priyadarshi “Pri” Sen 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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