Joe Barnes is the Bonner
Means Baker Fellow at the Baker Institute. Since coming to Rice University in
1995, he has written extensively on international economics, with a focus on
the geopolitics of energy. In addition to numerous institute studies, Barnes’ work
has also appeared in The New York Times, The Houston Chronicle, Survival, Oil
and Gas Journal, Energy Markets, the Newsletter of the Royal United Services
Institute, the SAIS Policy Forum Series, and the National Interest. He is a
contributor to three volumes: “Energy in the Caspian Region” (Palgrave Press), “United
States Tax Reform in the 21st Century” (Cambridge University Press) and “Natural
Gas and Geopolitics from
1970 to 2040” (Cambridge University Press). Barnes is also faculty adviser to
the Baker Institute Student Forum. From 1979 to 1993, he was a career diplomat
with the United States State Department, serving in Europe, Africa, the Middle
East and South Asia. His last assignment in the State Department was with the
Policy Planning Staff. Barnes is a graduate of Princeton University.
