Turning the Tables on Stu Kennedy on Assignment with Afsa's 2014 Award Winners
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PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION SEPTEMBER 2014 ON ASSIGNMENT WITH AFSA’S 2014 AWARD WINNERS TURNING THE TABLES ON STU KENNEDY MARC GROSSMAN TOWARD A “NEW” DIPLOMACY FOREIGN September 2014 SERVICE Volume 91, No. 9 AFSA NEWS COVER STORY AFSA Presents 2014 Awards / 51 VP Voice State: A Diplomacy for the 21st Century: Diversity in the FS / 52 VP Voice FCS: Back to the Future? / 22 FCS Welcomes New Officers / 53 A distinguished diplomat explores an evolving concept of diplomacy to meet the kaleidoscope of opportunities and challenges America faces. VP Voice Retiree: Life Insurance Coverage / 54 BY MARC GROSSMAN Ambassadorial Logjam / 55 Ambassador Seeks Change to Clearance Policy / 59 Call for a Strategic Approach FOCUS AFSA HONORS DISSENT AND PERFORMANCE to South Asia / 60 Agent Warns Misuse of Border Security Program Might Violate Turning the Tables: An Interview with Stu Kennedy / 28 Rights/ 61 Charles Stuart Kennedy, this year’s winner of AFSA’s Lifetime Contributions Trials Offer Window into to American Diplomacy Award, talks about his Foreign Service career and Saudi Judicial System / 62 pioneering work creating American diplomacy’s oral history program. Carol Backman Is Indispensable / 63 BY SHAWN DORMAN Offsetting the Impact of Kabul’s Wartime Environment / 64 Making a Difference in Integrity and Openness: Mexico City / 65 Requirements for an Effective Foreign Service / 37 Awards Runners-Up / 66 Honesty and candor have been the watchwords of this three-time AFSA dissent New Governing Board Members / 67 award winner’s diplomatic career. Sharon Papp Wins Equality Award / 68 BY KENNETH M. QUINN Bikeshare @ FSI / 69 Associate Members Add Value / 70 A Reflection on Bravery / 42 AFSA-CBA Host Diversity Panel / 71 When Washington quashed a local outreach effort in Kandahar, one FSO decided to throw a spotlight on a broader public affairs problem. COLUMNS President’s Views / 7 BY JONATHAN ADDLETON Talking About Foreign Service Advocacy BY ROBERT J. SILVERMAN FEATURE Letter from the Editor / 8 Celebrating AFSA’s Award Winners BY SHAWN DORMAN Speaking Out / 18 Serving at Embassy Kabul / 46 “Up or Out” Is Harming Life on a secure compound in a war zone is somewhat surreal. American Foreign Policy BY BILL BENT BY GEORGE B. LAMBRAKIS Reflections / 85 Sage Counsel, Fondly Remembered BY FLETCHER M. BURTON DEPARTMENTS Letters / 10 Talking Points / 12 In Memory / 72 Books / 76 Local Lens / 86 On the cover: (Top) The four winners of AFSA’s 2014 awards for constructive dissent are shown on the job. From left: Ambassador Jonathan Addleton, winner of the Herter Award, in Afghani- MARKETPLACE stan; David Holmes, winner of the Rivkin Award, briefing President Barack Obama aboard Air Classifieds / 78 Force One; William “Ed” O’Bryan, winner of the Harriman Award, in Dhahran; and Nick Pietrow- Real Estate / 82 icz, winner of the Harris Award, in Chad. Composition: Jeff Lau. (Middle) Charles Stuart “Stu” Kennedy, winner of AFSA’s Award for Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy. 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But the need for volunteers to serve in A year has taught me some les- cient to achieve information dominance. similar situations is present elsewhere—for sons. One is to focus on the positive—here Here is an example. I used to sit in Near instance, in Syria and South Sudan —and is what the Foreign Service brings to the Eastern Affairs Bureau meetings next to an the need for expeditionary diplomacy foreign policy table, and here is why the FSO named Alberto Fernandez who took skills isn’t going away. diverse and skilled women and men of the detailed notes—in Arabic. He went on to What skills? They involve the ability to Foreign Service should be at the center of reach an extraordinary level of fluency, work in fluid situations without a strong our policymaking and execution. and deployed it in media interviews that central host government or U.S. embassy Perhaps in a prior generation that sort established his pre-eminence in that dif- infrastructure to promote the local govern- of advocacy was unnecessary. But I do feel ficult language. ment’s rule of law, reconstruction and that in today’s globalized American