The Foreign Service Journal - November 2017

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2017 29 a channel for disposing of food surpluses and as a means for securing the votes of farming constituents or the political sup- port of agriculture sector lobbyists, commodity traders, trans- porters and shippers. Riley illuminates the interplay of the complex factors influ- encing American food aid policy, including economic develop- ment and food security, and also offers thoughts about its role in a world confronting the effects of global climate change. Barry Riley was a Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development for more than 20 years, mostly in eastern and northeastern Africa. Since leaving the Service, he has been a private consultant; worked for the World Bank and other agencies; and is currently a visiting scholar at the Center on Food Security and the Environment, part of the Freeman Spo- gli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. He is the author of The Development Effectiveness of Food Aid: Does Tying Matter? (OECD, 2006). The Eagle and the Trident: U.S.- Ukraine Relations in Turbulent Times Steven Pifer, Brookings Institution Press, 2017, $29.99/hardcover, $16.19/Kindle, 366 pages. In this comprehensive account of post-Cold War U.S.-Ukraine relations, Steven Pifer, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, details the major policy objectives of the bilateral relationship and the challenges facing Ukraine today. Fromcementing a strategic partnership agreement to removing some 2,000 nuclear warheads fromUkraine, the bilateral relation- ship appeared to be on a positive trajectory after the fall of the Soviet Union. But, Pifer shows, Ukraine’s reforms were ultimately not enough to prevent the nation from falling under the Russian sphere of influence. With the perspective and insight unique to a practitio- ner, Pifer offers recommendations for managing the U.S.-Ukraine relationship in a time of uncertainty and Russian resurgence. A retired Foreign Service officer, Steven Pifer served as deputy assistant secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eur- asian Affairs with responsibilities for Russia and Ukraine (2001- 2004), as ambassador to Ukraine (1998-2000) and as special assistant to the president and senior director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia on the National Security Council (1996-1997). He is currently director of the Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative and a senior fellow with the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence and the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution. FSI at 70: Future Forward—A History of the Foreign Service Institute Steven Alan Honley, Arlington Hall Press, 2017, $4.99/paperback, $2.99/Kindle, 110 pages. Since its founding in 1947, the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute has dedicated itself to teaching foreign languages, regional expertise and professional tradecraft to U.S. diplomats and other foreign affairs practitioners. This book, the first history of FSI ever written, traces FSI’s evolution over the past seven decades from a small facility into a bustling campus serving tens of thousands of U.S. Foreign Service personnel every year. In 12 chapters that alternate between historical con- text and the specific schools that make up the National Foreign Affairs Training Center (e.g., the School of Language Studies and the School of Leadership and Management), the author tells the story of FSI—what it is and how it has evolved—in a fascinating and accessible way. Steven Alan Honley was a Foreign Service officer from 1985 to 1997, and served as editor-in-chief of The Foreign Service Journal from 2001 to 2014. He is a frequent contributor to the Journal . USAID in Bolivia: Partner or Patrón? Lawrence C. Heilman, First Forum Press, 2017, $85/hardcover, 346 pages. Despite the fact that Bolivia had received more than $4.7 billion over seven decades from the U.S. government to support development efforts, Bolivian President Evo Morales abruptly expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development from the country in May 2013. Why? The answer, argues Lawrence Heilman, is rooted in a complex slice of history beginning with U.S. assistance to Bolivia during World War II. In this textbook Heilman explores that history from the per- spectives of both the United States and Bolivia, presenting a tap- estry of mutual benefits and conflicting interests. He appraises the ideas and personalities that determined U.S. foreign aid policies and programs across successive administrations, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Barack Obama. He analyzes the political and economic context that shaped Bolivia’s development aspira- tions, as well as the goals and strategies of the USAID mission in Bolivia that guided its decisions about specific projects. The result is a book that not only gives an in-depth picture of the