The Foreign Service Journal, December 2018

6 DECEMBER 2018 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL 124 Reflections Maps Are Useful— But Can Be Misleading By Edwa rd L . Pe c k 126 Local Lens Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea By Sa b r i n a Be a u c h amp 69 AFSAAwards Honor Foreign Service Excellence 72 State VP Voice—Thanks to AFSA, Local Hires Win Big 72 AFSA Hosts TSP Seminar 73 FAS VP Voice—Overhauling Our Washington Assignment Process 74 PPI—Another Kind of Stewardship 75 Christian A. Herter Dissent Award: Thomas A. Shannon Jr. 76 F. Allen “Tex” Harris Dissent Award: Joseph S. Conners 77 William R. Rivkin Dissent Award: Roshni Mona Nirody 78 W. Averell Harriman Dissent Award: Elena C. Augustine 79 AFSAAchievement and Contributions to the Association Award: Patricia A. Butenis 80 Avis Bohlen Award: John AndersonWarner 81 M. Juanita Guess Award: Marisol Angela Garcia 82 Mark Palmer Award: David Bargueño 83 Mark Palmer Award: Kelly Anne Billingsley 84 Nelson B. Delavan Award: Margaret Kennett 85 Award Runners-Up 86 AFSAWelcomes Newest FS Members 87 Coming Soon: Call for Governing Board Nominations 87 Thank You to Our Awards Intern 87 Thank You to FAS VP Kim Sawatzki 88 Outreach—Virtual and in Person 88 Success in the Foreign Service: A Panel Discussion 89 AFSATalks Economics on the Hill 89 Governing Board Meeting, October 17, 2018 AFSA NEWS THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION On the Cover— Design by Caryn Suko Smith, Driven By Design, LLC. Map: iStockphoto.com/Dmytro Yashchuk. Location Icon: iStockphoto. com/hkeita. Top: Some of the FSNs featured in this month’s Focus on FSN Perspectives. Second Band: 2018 AFSA Award recipients. Marketplace 119 Classifieds 121 Real Estate 123 Index to Advertisers FOREIGN SERVICE 7 President’s Views Regaining Lost Ground By Ba r ba r a S t e p h e n s o n 9 Letter from the Editor It’s the People By Sh awn Do rma n 17 Speaking Out AWorldwide FSN Association at State—Advancing a Practical Dream By Ed d y O l i s l a e ge r Perspectives Departments 13 Talking Points 90 In Memory 116 Books 69