Table of Contents
I
114
The Foreign Service Journal, December 2011
Cover
I
Contents
3
Interview
17
Charting a Path through Global Change: An Interview with President George H.W. Bush
17
Focus on the Breakup of the Soviet Union
21
Editor’s Introduction
21
Cold War Lessons
23
Embassy Moscow: On the Front Lines of History
27
The View from the Trenches
34
In the Eye of the Storm: Team SOV
39
Cultural Diplomacy in the Cold War
42
Picking up the Pieces
46
Setting Up Shop in the Newly Independent States
49
Eurasia’s Troubled Frontiers
56
Schools Supplement
73
College Applications Checklist for 11th-Graders
73
When Boarding Schools Are an Option
98
What’s in a College Ranking?
104
Schools at a Glance
85
AFSA News
63
AFSA Book Notes Event Features Afghanistan Expert
63
Dissent: A Job Requirement
63
News Briefs
64
State VP—Outstanding Medical Programs, But Still No Guarantee of Safety
65
FCS VP—Struggles of the DDG
66
CLO Coordinators: Covering All the Bases
66
A Year-End Message from the Executive Director
67
AFSA Welcomes New Foreign Service Employees
68
... And Congratulates Retirees
69
Classifieds
70
Departments
5
President’s Views—Strategic Planning, Part II
5
Speaking Out—FS Blogging: An Opportunity, Not a Threat
13
Reflections—Too Far Away from Everything
112
Letters
7
Cybernotes
9
Marketplace
10
Index to Advertisers
110
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