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November 13, 2017
The impact of Hariri's resignation
Saad Hariri’s resignation as prime minister of Lebanon not only upsets the country’s fragile balance of interests, said Ambassador Edward Djerejian in a recent interview.  “On top of the internal situation, when we look at the external factors — the Iran-Saudi confrontation, the [so-called] Sunni-Shia split (which is more political than sectarian), the GCC rift (Qatar), the war in Yemen, and now the situation in Lebanon as it exploded in the last week — they all point to external confrontations and a series of proxy conflicts ... You cannot separate what is happening in Lebanon from the geopolitical regional picture.”
October 25, 2017
Houston Beyond Hurricane Harvey
Rice Faculty Scholar Jim Blackburn recently spoke at the Baker Institute about his ideas to address Houston's post-hurricane flooding problems.
October 25, 2017
Russia uses oil giant Rosneft as foreign policy tool
Through state-owned oil firm Rosneft, Russia has been using oil to leverage its foreign policy interests around the globe. One of its recent targets is Venezuela — a nation in economic and political crisis that has received more than $10 billion in loans from Rosneft over the past three years. “Russia is the only country that can give Venezuela a lifeline to survive through the rest of the year,” said fellow Francisco Monaldi in a New York Times article.