On 3 April 2024, the DC-based newspaper The Hill published a short version of this co-authored essay. Here is the long version.

Kevin Quigley and I drafted a 3,000-word essay last summer on "The Future of the Peace Corps". A short op-ed version has just been posted on

The Peace Corps sent me to India in 1965 to introduce modern poultry keeping. Here’s a short account of my unimpressive accomplishments.

The Covid19 pandemic forced the evacuation of all Peace Corps volunteers overseas. And prompted thoughts on the future of the Peace Corps.

For a special issue about Vietnam, WorldView magazine published a piece about my year as a U.S. Navy Ensign posted to Saigon in 1963-64.

For the Brookings blog, on the adoption of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, I noted the crucial role of volunteer service.

In this Brookings Policy Brief, co-authored with David Caprara and Kevin Quigley, we made recommendations to the Obama Administration.

My essay published by the Peace Corps magazine WorldView, proposed making the Peace Corps part of an international study and service agency.

This was written to get the candidates in the 2008 presidential election to commit to making the Peace Corps bigger and more effective.

In this Brookings Policy Brief, co-authored with Kevin Quigley, we laid out the case for a Peace Corps of 80,000 volunteers.

In this Brookings Policy Brief, co-authored with Sarah Zalud, we highlight the international volunteer programs getting federal funding.

This Brooking working paper led to creating the Brookings Initiative on International Volunteer Service and the Building Bridges Coalition.

To my surprise, this Brookings Policy Brief arguably had more policy impact than any other project undertaken in my 18 years at Brookings.

This is the Brookings working paper that was boiled down to produce the Policy Brief “Reconsidering the Peace Corps”.