The Foreign Service Journal, October 2021

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | OCTOBER 2021 79 of technology and governance. Here, Crawford explores the role of tech com- panies in supporting government sur- veillance activities and the unregulated confluence of commercial and military data collection initiatives. The result, Crawford warns, is a “pro- found and rapid expansion of surveil- lance and a blurring between private contractors, law enforcement and the tech sector,” which in turn places politi- cal power in an unholy cabal of “capital, policing and militarization.” Dire stuff indeed. So, what are we to do? Here’s where Atlas of AI falls short. Crawford skillfully raises some truly important questions about the morality, ideology and politics of the digital age. But, like Marx, who was better on the ills of capitalism than its alternatives, she offers little more than what she describes as a “people’s AI” that is “reoriented toward justice and equality rather than industrial extraction and discrimination.” A “reckoning” of the political, eco- nomic and social forces that drive the technology sector is certainly overdue, but Crawford is hard-pressed to tell us what that might look like. n Vivian S. Walker is the executive director of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. A retired Foreign Service of- ficer, she serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and a faculty fellow at USC’s Center on Public Diplomacy. Previously, she taught at the Central Euro- pean University in Budapest, Hungary, the National War College in Washington, D.C., and the National Defense College of the United Arab Emirates. She is a member of the FSJ Editorial Board. Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (required by 39 U.S.C. 3685) 1) Publication Title: The Foreign Service Journal 2) Publication No. 01463543 3) Filing Date: October 1, 2021 4) Issue Frequency: Monthly with January/February and July/August combined 5) Number of Issues Published Annually: 10 6) Annual Subscription Price: $50.00 7) Complete Mailing Address of Known Office of Publication: 2101 E Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037-2990 8) Complete Mailing Address of Headquarters of General Business Officer of Publisher: 2101 E Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037-2990 9) Full Name and Complete Mailing Address of Publisher, Editor and Managing Editor: Publisher: American Foreign Service Association, 2101 E Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037-2990; Editor: Shawn Dorman, 2101 E Street NW,Washington, D.C. 20037-2990; Managing Editor: Kathryn Owens, 2101 E Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037-2990 10) Owner: American Foreign Service Association, 2101 E Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037-2990 11) Known Bondholders, Mortgages, and Other Security Holders Owning or Holding 1 Percent or More of Total Amount of Bonds, Mortgages or Other Securities: None 12) For Completion by Nonprofit Organizations Authorized to Mail at Special Rates: The Purpose, Function and Nonprofit Status of this Organization and the Exempt Status for Federal Income Tax Purposes: (1) Has not changed during preceding 12 months 13) Publication’s Name: The Foreign Service Journal 14) Issue Date for Circulation Data Below: November 2020 16) Extent and Nature of Circulation: Average Number of Copies of Each Issue During Preceding 12 months: A. Total Number of Copies: 11,911 B. Paid and/or Requested Circulation: (1) Sales Through Dealers and Carriers, Street Vendors and Counter Sales: 0 (2) Mail Subscription: 10,215 C. Total Paid and/or Requested Circulation: 10,215 D. Free Distribution by Mail (Samples, Complimentary and Other Free): 861 E. Free Distribution Outside the Mail: 371 F.Total Free Distribution: 1,397 G.Total Distribu- tion: 11,447 H. Copies Not Distributed (1) Office Use, Leftovers and Spoiled: 464 (2) Returns from News Agents: 0 I. Total: 11,911 J. Percent Paid and/or Requested Circulation: 89% Actual Number of Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date: A. Total Number of Copies: 17,211 B. Paid and/ or Requested Circulation: (1) Sales Through Dealers and Carriers, Street Vendors and Counter Sales: 0 (2) Mail Subscription: 15,493 C. Total Paid and/or Requested Circulation: 15,493 D. Free Distribu- tion by Mail (Samples, Complimentary and Other Free): 1,258 E. Free Distribution Outside the Mail: 139 F. Total Free Distribution: 1,397 G.Total Distribution: 16,890 H. Copies Not Distributed: (1) Office Use, Leftover, Spoiled: 321 (2) Returns fromNews Agents: 0 Total: 17,211 Percent Paid and/or Requested Circulation: 92%. I certify that the statements made by me above are correct and complete. (signed) Kathryn Owens, Managing Editor