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Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil, said international oil companies shouldn’t throw in the towel amid uncertainty in the industry. “It is still the case that oil and …
Middle East fellow Kristian Coates Ulrichsen explains why the Saudis reassessed their position in a three-year standoff with Qatar. Bloomberg: https://bloom.bg/3qsHWQz
Dec. 7, 2020, 11 a.m.
Webinar — Reducing Global Security Risks: The Agenda for 2021 and Beyond
Former Sen. Sam Nunn, co-founder and co-chair of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), and Ernest J. Moniz, NTI co-chair and CEO and former U.S. secretary of energy, assess the current state of global security relating to nuclear and biological threats.
Dec. 8, 2020, noon
Webinar — COVID-19 Vaccines: Clinical Trials, Approval and Addressing Public Hesitancy
Peter Hotez, fellow in disease and poverty, and Peter Marks, director of the Center for Biologics Research and Evaluation at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, discuss the vaccine approval process and ways to improve public trust in vaccines.
Dec. 9, 2020, 11 a.m.
Webinar — Cross-Border Customs Issues in USMCA Implementation after Five Months
The focus of this webinar — the final in the series on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) — is the real-world impact of the many changes on enterprises engaged in cross-border trade.
Founded in 1993, Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy has established itself as one of the premier nonpartisan public policy think tanks in the country. The institute ranks 2nd among university-affiliated think tanks worldwide and 16th among U.S. think tanks, according to a 2019 study by the University of Pennsylvania's Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program. The survey again ranked the institute's Center for Energy Studies No. 1 among the world's energy- and resource policy think tanks.
