PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION JUNE 2016 ALL EYES ON CORRUPTION THE COLLEGE APPLICATION GAME EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT A FOREIGN SERVICE MENAGERIE FOREIGN June 2016 SERVICE Volume 93, No. 5 AFSA NEWS FOCUS ON CORRUPTION AND FOREIGN POLICY AFSA Memorial Plaque Honors Fallen Corruption: A 21st-Century Security Challenge / 20 Colleagues / 51 BY SARAH SEWALL VP Voice State – Ignorance of the Law Is Not an Excuse / 52 A U.S. Policy Priority: Combating Corruption / 24 VP Voice FCS – Countering BY WILLIAM R. BROWNFIELD Corruption / 53 New Financial Aid Scholarship Countering Corruption Regionally: Established / 53 The “EUR” Initiative / 28 VP Voice Retiree – The Washington Conceit / 54 BY GEORGE KENT AFSA Governing Board Change / 54 The FCPA and the Rule of Law Abroad / 32 Governing Board Meeting Minutes / 55 BY THOMAS FIRESTONE Foreign Service Day Reception / 55 Foreign Policy and the Complexities of Corruption: AFSA Participates in Santa Fe The Case of South Vietnam / 35 World Affairs Forum / 57 AFSA Wins MSI Dispute / 58 BY STEPHEN RANDOLPH Thank You, Wisconsin! / 58 Careers in International Relations FEATURES for Women / 59 AFSA Welcomes New Staff / 60 Diplomatic History Lessons: 2016 Summer Interns Arrive / 60 A Model of Government Transparency / 38 AFSA Sponsors Intern at State / 61 With the Foreign Relations of the United States series, the State Department Office of the Historian provides policymakers and the public a thorough COLUMNS record of American foreign policy. President’s Views /7 BY TRACY WHITTINGTON Regaining the Moral High Ground BY BARBARA STEPHENSON A Foreign Service Menagerie / 42 Letter from the Editor / 8 A Heightened Focus on Corruption Animals can play an important part in a diplomatic career, for better or for worse. BY SHAWN DORMAN BY ANTHONY C. E. QUAINTON Speaking Out /17 Supporting FS Families with Mental Health Support for Foreign Service Children: Special Needs Children Parents Weigh In / 46 BY MAUREEN M. DANZOT AND FS children are just as at risk for mental health problems as the average MARK R. EVANS American child, perhaps even more vulnerable. DEPARTMENTS Letters / 9 Talking Points / 12 EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT Books / 101 Local Lens /110 The College Application Game: Do’s and Don’ts / 62 MARKETPLACE BY CLAIRE WEDDERIEN Classifieds / 103 Real Estate / 106 Schools at a Glance / 76, 78, 80 Index to Advertisers / 109 Applying to Boarding School: Lessons Learned / 82 BY JOHN F. KROTZER On the Cover: A Sept. 30, 2015, Unite Against Corruption march in Pretoria, All Girls, All Boys, All Good— South Africa. Similar marches in Cape Town and Grahamstown took place the The Benefits of Single-Sex Education / 92 same day. Photo courtesy of Sonke BY MARYBETH HUNTER Gender Justice. 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Executive Assistant to the President ADVOCACY Jennie Orloff: [email protected] Advocacy Director Postmaster: Send address changes to AFSA, Attn: Address Change Governance Specialist Vacant 2101 E Street NW Patrick Bradley: [email protected] SCHOLARSHIPS Washington DC 20037-2990 BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Scholarship Director Director of Finance Lori Dec: [email protected] Femi Oshobukola: [email protected] Scholarship Senior Associate Jonathan Crawford: [email protected] 6 JUNE 2016 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL PRESIDENT’S VIEWS Regaining the Moral High Ground BY BARBARA STEPHENSON ach month I use this column as Open talk of the sale of public office inevitably an accountability tool, a space for me as president to keep you, the undermines the credibility of America’s voice as Emembers who elected me and a champion for good governance. whose dues fund AFSA, informed about the progress we are making implementing than the belief that the system is rigged be stronger and more credible if we are the Governing Board’s agreed work plan. against them.” He reminds us that “it is not open to charges of engaging in these But the topic of this edition of the everybody’s responsibility to condemn practices ourselves. FSJ—corruption, and Secretary John and expose corruption.” Open talk of the sale of public office— F. Kerry’s call for good governance and Walking the talk, the Secretary forth- as we see in the rash of stories that follow fighting corruption to be a “first-order rightly acknowledges current political American presidential elections, with national security priority”—is so com- realities in our own country: “We live with speculation about how much this political pelling and timely that I am making an a pay-to-play campaign finance system appointee gave for that plum ambassador- exception to instead reflect on good gov- that should not be wished on any other ship—inevitably undermines the cred- ernance itself. My hope is that members country in the world.” ibility