The Foreign Service Journal, November 2010

J O U R N A L OREIGN ERVICE S F P RESIDENT ’ S V IEWS / 5 Professional Ethics and Codes of Conduct for Diplomats By Susan R. Johnson S PEAKING O UT / 12 Making Provincial Reconstruction Teams More Effective By Patricia Thomson R EFLECTIONS / 76 Nelson Mandela and Me By Shira Glassman L ETTERS / 7 C YBERNOTES / 8 M ARKETPLACE / 59 I NDEX TO A DVERTISERS / 74 Cover illustration by Tim Lee N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 0 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 3 C ONTENTS November 2010 Volume 87, No. 11 C O V E R S T O R Y I N T HEIR O WN W RITE : B OOKS BY F OREIGN S ERVICE A UTHORS / 15 Once again we are pleased to feature our compilation of recently published books by Foreign Service-affiliated authors. By Susan Maitra F E A T U R E F ROM M OUNT E LBRUS TO A RARAT / 50 An overland courier trip from Tbilisi to Yerevan passes through centuries of history, where Greek, Roman, Persian and Arab cultures meet. By James B. Angell F S H E R I T A G E J OHN S. S ERVICE : A C OLD W AR L IGHTNING R OD / 56 The lessons of John Service’s life and career still resonate more than 60 years after his work in China. By Hannah Gurman A F S A N E W S C ALL FOR N OMINATIONS : 2011-2013 AFSA G OVERNING B OARD / 61 N OMINATE R ISK -T AKING C OLLEAGUES FOR AFSA’ S D ISSENT A WARDS / 61 N EWS B RIEFS /A GGELER / 62 VP S TATE : H ONEY , I’ M H OME ! / 63 VP R ETIREE : M AKING THE M OST OF R ETIREE T ALENT / 64 VP FCS: G OOD N EWS FOR THE F OREIGN C OMMERCIAL S ERVICE / 65 A MB . J. S TAPLETON R OY G IVES A DAIR L ECTURE / 68 B OOK N OTES A UTHOR C ALLS FOR “G UERRILLA D IPLOMACY ” / 69 E VENT C ALENDAR /C LASSIFIED A DS / 70