The Foreign Service Journal, November 2015
6 NOVEMBER 2015 | 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 Maria C. Livingston: livingston@afsa.org Editorial/Publications Specialist Brittany DeLong: delong@afsa.org Ad & Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger: miltenberger@afsa.org Art Director Caryn Suko Smith Editorial Intern Shannon Mizzi Advertising Intern Milo Opdahl Contributing Editor Steven Alan Honley Editorial Board Beth Payne, Chair James Bever Angela Bond Hon. Gordon S. Brown Stephen W. Buck Eric Green Kara McDonald John G. Rendeiro Jr. Duncan Walker Tracy Whittington THE MAGAZINE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS PROFESSIONALS The Foreign Service Journal (ISSN 0146-3543), 2101 E Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037-2990 is pub- lished monthly, with combined January-February and July-August issues, by the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA), a private, nonprofit organization. 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