F OCUS - American Foreign Service Association

FOREIGNSERVICE
J O U R N A L
Cover and inside illustration by
Nenad Jakesevic
PRESIDENT’S VIEWS / 5
Work Requirements
By John K. Naland
REFLECTIONS / 92
On a Hilltop in Venezuela
By Amanda Eckerson
LETTERS / 6
CYBERNOTES / 10
MARKETPLACE / 11
BOOKS / 75
IN MEMORY / 78
INDEX TO
ADVERTISERS / 90
CONTENTS
July-August 2008 Volume 85, No. 7-8
P ROFILE
A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR THE FOREIGN SERVICE:
THOMAS D. BOYATT / 13
Last month AFSA recognized the retired ambassador’s many contributions
to American diplomacy and his lifetime of public service.
By Steven Alan Honley
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Afghanistan
SALVAGING THE AFGHANISTAN VENTURE / 23
To recover its investment in stabilizing Afghanistan,
Washington must focus on fostering effective governance.
By Edmund McWilliams
PRTS INAFGHANISTAN: A REPORT FROM THE INSIDE / 31
The challenges for American policy in Afghanistan,
where the Provincial Reconstruction Team concept was born,
remain formidable.
By Bruce Rogers, Jim Hope and Robert Kemp
NATO AND AFGHANISTAN: MADE FOR EACH OTHER? / 36
The Afghanistan theater of operations is proving
to be a critical test of NATO’s capacities.
By William Maley
THE PAKISTAN PIECE OF THE PUZZLE / 41
Afghanistan’s contentious relationship with its next-door neighbor
is a critical element in its continuing troubles.
By Frederic Grare
FS HERITAGE
“GRACE UNDER PRESSURE:” JOHN PATON DAVIES / 46
Two threats a decade apart — one physical, the other political —
severely tested China hand John Davies.
By Bob Rackmales
F EATURE
SPRING IN PRAGUE — 40 YEARS AGO / 53
An eyewitness to the short-lived Czechoslovak reform movement’s
tragic denouement in August 1968 assesses its legacy.
By Kenneth N. Skoug
JULY-AUGUST 2008/FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL 3