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The Foreign Service Journal, December 2014 PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION DECEMBER 2014 THE WAY AHEAD IN AFGHANISTAN COLLEGE RANKINGS: BOON OR BANE? EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT TWITTER IS A COCKTAIL PARTY PAID ADVERTISEMENT FOREIGN December 2014 SERVICE Volume 91, No. 12 FOCUS ON AFGHANISTAN AFSA NEWS Call for Nominations: 2015-2017 AFSA Governing Board / 41 Will History Repeat Itself? / 20 Proposed Bylaw Amendment to Afghanistan is at another turning point. Though the challenges are great, Rightsize AFSA Governing Board / 42 the nation cannot a¢ord to cycle back into civil war. State VP Voice: Mental Health and BY EDMUND MCWILLIAMS the Foreign Service / 44 USAID VP Voice: Promotions, ‘Promo-gate’ and Progress on Five Things We Can Still Get Right / 26 Transparency / 45 E¢ective U.S. leadership is more important than ever in Afghanistan. Retiree VP Voice: It’s That Gift-Giving Time of Year / 46 What policies should we adopt to help as Afghans take the reins AFSA on the Hill: Advocacy Builds of their own country? Relationships / 47 BY DAVID SEDNEY Reflecting on Good Stewardship / 48 Pres. Silverman Addresses What U.S. Policymakers Should Know Local Groups / 49 AFSA Acts to Protect Integrity About Afghanistan Today / 33 of FS Assignments System / 50 Afghanistan’s emergence as a modern nation will involve negotiating a Why Ethics Matter / 55 cultural transition that integrates enduring traditions with viable change. BY SCOTT SMITH COLUMNS President’s Views / 7 The Departed BY ROBERT J. SILVERMAN EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT Letter from the Editor / 8 Engagement BY SHAWN DORMAN American College Rankings: Speaking Out / 17 How They Work and What They Mean / 56 Twitter Is a Cocktail Party, Not a Press Conference This in-depth look at U.S. college rankings o¢ers a fresh perspective (or, Social Media for on the high school student’s college search and a wealth of resources Reporting Ocers) BY WREN ELHAI to help find the “right” school. BY FRANCESCA KELLY Reflections / 101 Unpacking Memories BY DOUGLAS E. MORRIS Have You Considered Boarding School? / 80 DEPARTMENTS The boarding school option has much to o¢er Foreign Service kids. Letters / 10 BY LAWRENCE JENSEN Talking Points / 12 Books / 90 Local Lens / 102 Schools at a Glance / 74, 76, 78 MARKETPLACE Classifieds / 94 Real Estate / 97 Index to Advertisers / 100 On the cover: Some of the 6,000 spectators who filled the newly built Afghanistan Football Federation stadium to watch the home side defeat Pakistan 3-0 on Aug. 20, 2013. Less than a month later, the national team defeated India to capture the 2013 South Asia Football Federation Championship. The success of the soccer team has been one of the bright spots and a point of pride and national unity for the country. Credit: Casey Garret Johnson. More of his photos are at caseyjohnson.photoshelter.com. THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | DECEMBER 2014 5 FOREIGN SERVICE Editor Shawn Dorman: [email protected] Managing Editor www.afsa.org Susan Brady Maitra: [email protected] Associate Editor Debra Blome: [email protected] CONTACTS Editorial/Publications Specialist AFSA Headquarters: LABOR MANAGEMENT Brittany DeLong: [email protected] (202) 338-4045; Fax (202) 338-6820 General Counsel Ad & Circulation Manager State Department AFSA O ce: Sharon Papp: [email protected] Ed Miltenberger: [email protected] (202) 647-8160; Fax (202) 647-0265 Deputy General Counsel Art Director USAID AFSA O ce: Zlatana Badrich: [email protected] Caryn Suko Smith (202) 712-1941; Fax (202) 216-3710 Labor Management Specialist FCS AFSA O ce: James Yorke: [email protected] Editorial Intern (202) 482-9088; Fax (202) 482-9087 Senior Sta Attorney Trevor Smith Neera Parikh: [email protected] Advertising Interns GOVERNING BOARD Sta Attorney Allan Saunders, Heajin Sarah Kim President Raeka Safai: [email protected] Contributing Editor Robert J. Silverman: [email protected] Sta Attorney Steven Alan Honley Secretary Angela Dickey: [email protected] Andrew Large: [email protected] Treasurer Hon. Charles A. Ford: [email protected] Editorial Board Labor Management Counselor State Vice President Jim DeHart, Chairman Colleen Fallon-Lenaghan: Matthew K. Asada: [email protected] Hon. Gordon S. Brown [email protected] USAID Vice President Stephen W. Buck Labor Management Assistant Sharon Wayne: [email protected] Ruth Hall Jason Snyder: [email protected] FCS Vice President Maria C. Livingston Executive Assistant Steve Morrison: [email protected] Richard McKee Lindsey Botts: [email protected] FAS Vice President Beth Payne USAID Senior Labor Management Adviser David Mergen: [email protected] John G. Rendeiro Jr. Douglas Broome: [email protected] Retiree Vice President Duncan Walker USAID Sta Assistant Lawrence Cohen: lawrencecohenassociates@ Tracy Whittington Chioma Dike: [email protected] hotmail.com Clayton Bond (AFSA Governing Board liaison) State Representatives MEMBER SERVICES Clayton Bond Member Services Director THE MAGAZINE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS Ronnie Catipon Janet Hedrick: [email protected] PROFESSIONALS Todd Crawford Membership Representative The Foreign Service Journal (ISSN 0146-3543), 2101 E Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037-2990 is pub- Chuck Fee VACANT lished monthly, with combined January-February and Neeru Lal Retiree Counselor July-August issues, by the American Foreign Service Ken Kero-Mentz Todd Thurwachter: [email protected] Association (AFSA), a private, nonprofit organization. Material appearing herein represents the opinions of the Ronita Macklin Coordinator, Retiree Counseling writers and does not necessarily represent the views of Elise Mellinger and Legislation the Journal, the Editorial Board or AFSA. Writer queries Homeyra Mokhtarzada Matthew Sumrak: [email protected] and submissions are invited, preferably by email. The Nancy Rios-Brooks Administrative Assistant and O ce Manager Journal is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts, photos or illustrations. Advertising inquiries are invited. Sue Saarnio Ana Lopez: [email protected] All advertising is subject to the publisher’s approval. USAID Representatives AFSA reserves the right to reject advertising that is not Jeri Dible COMMUNICATIONS in keeping with its standards and objectives. The appear- Andrew Levin Director of Communications ance of advertisements herein does not imply endorse- Kristen Fernekes: [email protected] ment of goods or services o¢ered. Opinions expressed in FCS Representative advertisements are the views of the advertisers and do William Kutson Director of New Media not necessarily represent AFSA views or policy. Journal FAS Representative Mark Petry Ásgeir Sigfússon: [email protected] subscription: AFSA member–$20, included in annual Publications Manager dues; student–$30; institution–$40; others–$50; Single BBG Representative Andre de Nesnera issue–$4.50. For foreign surface mail, add $18 per year; APHIS Representative Mark C. Prescott Shawn Dorman: [email protected] foreign airmail, $36 per year. Periodical postage paid Retiree Representatives Online Communications Specialist at Washington, D.C., and at additional mailing oces. Marshall Adair Je¢ Lau: [email protected] Indexed by the Public A¢airs Information Services (PAIS). Hon. David Greenlee Special Awards and Outreach Coordinator Email: [email protected] F. Allen “Tex” Harris Perri Green: [email protected] Speakers Bureau Director Phone: (202) 338-4045 Hon. Edward Marks VACANT Fax: (202) 338-8244 STAFF Web: www.afsa.org/fsj Executive Director ADVOCACY Advocacy Director © American Foreign Service Association, 2014 Ian Houston: [email protected] Executive Assistant to the President Javier Cuebas: [email protected] PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. Patrick Bradley: [email protected] Senior Legislative Assistant David Murimi: [email protected] Postmaster: Send address changes to BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Professional Issues and Policy Adviser AFSA Director of Finance Janice Weiner: [email protected] Attn: Address Change Femi Oshobukola: [email protected] 2101 E Street NW Controller SCHOLARSHIPS Washington DC 20037-2990 Kalpna Srimal: [email protected] Scholarship Director Assistant Controller Lori Dec: [email protected] Cory Nishi: [email protected] Scholarship Assistant Jonathan Crawford: [email protected] 6 DECEMBER 2014 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL PRESIDENT’S VIEWS The Departed BY ROBERT J. SILVERMAN he Foreign Service has taken into the compound, and was joking more deaths in the line of with her when he sensed there was duty, on a percentage basis, something wrong with the next visi- T than has the U.S. military tor. He planted himself between the ocer corps, and none of us more so visitor and the front door to the com- than our Diplomatic Security colleagues. pound. When the bomb was set o, Since Diplomatic Security was formed in Mustafa was standing directly against the closing days of World War II, 93 of its the bomber. e blast that instantly personnel have been killed in the line of killed him was contained by his body duty, including local guards and contract and the compound door, saving the Michael McCaul Rep. of Office Courtesy: employees. e majority have died in the lives of others on the other side of the Mustafa Akarsu (far right) and colleagues at Embassy Ankara. last 10 years in either Iraq or Afghanistan. door and those walking in the area. Diplomatic Security colleagues super- Mustafa is remembered fondly McCaul, Republican of Texas, who chairs vise Marine Security Guard detachments as an outgoing member of the embassy, the House Homeland Security Commit- and local guard forces, and they must greeting employees every morning as tee. McCaul has sponsored the Mustafa remain nimble to adapt to constantly they headed into work. His wife and two Akarsu Local Guard Force Support Act, shifting local environments, including children attended embassy holiday par- which AFSA actively supports. is bill the political environment in Washington. ties and community events. e family would provide Special Immigrant Visas to eir overall mission has also changed was hoping to immigrate to the United the surviving spouses and children of U.S. over time so that it now includes as a top States in June; Mustafa had applied for a government employees killed abroad in priority the protection of personnel as well as classied information and physical Local guard forces in particular face facilities.
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