The Foreign Service Journal, December 2012

Cover 1
Contents 5
Focus on Embassy Security 20
Beyond the Fortress Embassy 20
Building the Bonds of Trust 29
Features 32
Backflip to Freedom 32
Nitun Kundu: A Success Story 34
The Impact of Transitions on Foreign Service Families 37
Education Supplement 63
No, Really, the World Is My Classroom! — Homeschooling in the Foreign Service 63
Education Charts 75
Moving Forward When Bouncing Back 81
AFSA News 49
Call for Nominations: 2013-2015 AFSA Governing Board 49
State VP Voice—AFSA Has Your Back 50
FCS VP Voice—Loose Change 51
Dissent Makes a Difference 51
AFSA Membership Dues Adjustment 52
Be a Part of AFSA 52
Call for Nominations: The 2013 AFSA Exemplary Performance Awards 53
AFSA Celebrates the New Foreign Service Journal Design 54
Secretary of State Clinton Salutes the FSJ 55
AFSA’s High School Essay Contest Enters Fifteenth Year 56
USAID Requests Input on Experiences with Atrocity Response 59
Life in the Foreign Service 61
Columns 9
President’s Views—Building a Truly Diverse, Professional Foreign Service 9
Speaking Out—Reasons for Hope in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 17
Reflections—Finding Home 101
Departments 10
Letters 10
Talking Points 14
Books 41
In Memory 43
Local Lens 102
Marketplace 95
Classifieds 95
Real Estate 98
Index to Advertisers 99

RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy ODIyMDU=