Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East

Developing pragmatic policy approaches to the region’s enduring political, economic and societal concerns.

 

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    Migration has been part and parcel of human history, and nearly 300 million people live in a different country than the one they were born in. While many migrate through formal channels — such as obtaining legal permanent residencies based on family reunification, or employment or education visas, or applying for resettlement as a refugee — millions are left without a legal or safe pathway to cross international borders. With an interdisciplinary and interrelated approach, the Baker Institute Migration Initiative — a collaboration between the Center for the U.S. and Mexico and Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East — focuses on the economic, legal, and social and environmental aspects of migration.
     

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    The Middle East Energy Roundtable (MEER), a joint initiative of the Center for Energy Studies and Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East, brings together the energy industry, diplomatic community, and scholars to deepen policy research on Middle Eastern energy and geopolitics, improve understanding of the region within the Houston community, and generate partnerships.
     

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    About the Center

    The Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East provides policymakers, scholars and the general public with comprehensive analyses of regional issues, events and trends that impact U.S. policy and global stability. Named in honor of Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian, the founding director of the Baker Institute, the center focuses on key policy areas including, Israeli-Palestinian conflict resolution, the political economy of the Gulf, refugees, human rights and women’s right issues in the MENA, U.S.-Iranian relations and Islamist movements.

    The center builds on the Baker Institute’s long engagement with the Middle East and provides support for research, lectures, conferences and affiliations with other experts and organizations addressing policy challenges in the region. The center offers a nonpartisan voice relying on data-driven research and direct engagement with decision-makers in the United States and in the region. The center also collaborates with experts at the institute’s Center for Energy Studies as well as Rice University academics studying the history, politics and societies of the Middle East. As a meeting point for different academic disciplines and viewpoints, the center fosters informed, policy-relevant dialogue and recommendations. 

    In May 2022, Rice University President David Leebron announced, “With the approval and endorsement of Rice University’s Board of Trustees, the Baker Institute’s Center for the Middle East will henceforth be known as the Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East” in recognition of Djerejian’s role as founding director of the Baker Institute and his “extraordinary leadership and deeply impactful foreign service career.”

    For more information:
    Ana Martín Gil
    Research Manager
    Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East

    Email: [email protected]
    Office Phone: (713) 348-5637