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Ukraine’s Unpaid Russian Gas Bills Dwarf U.S. Aid Offer
Ukraine's energy dependence gives Russia powerful economic leverage. Ken Medlock, fellow in energy and resource economics and senior director of the Center for Energy Studies, is quoted in ...
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Students engage in public policy through the Baker Institute
The spring 2014 edition of Humanitas magazine, published by Rice University's School of Humanities, features an article about humanities students' involvement at the Baker Institute. "By making connections ...
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April 23, 2014, 6 p.m.
Civic Scientist Lecture Series — Anita Jones on Cybersecurity and Civil Society
In this lecture, Anita Jones will share her ...
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Temptations of Power: Islamists and Illiberal Democracy in a New Middle East
As long as the battle over the role ...
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About The Baker Institute »
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 11th among university-affiliated think tanks worldwide, 20th among U.S. think tanks and fifth among energy and resource think tanks, according to a 2013 study by the University of Pennsylvania's Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program.
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