Experts in the News

Former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, appeared on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS for a discussion that ranged from NAFTA, the Arab-Israeli conflict and U.S.-Russia relations to the reduction of elephant poaching worldwide, a cause that Secretary Baker strongly supports.

Ambassador Edward Djerejian, director of the Baker Institute, made several apperances on CNN to discuss United Nations Security Council resolution 2334, which describes Israel’s settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem as illegal and an obstacle to peace with the Palestinians. The resolution passed Dec. 23 with the U.S. abstaining.

Katharine Neill, postdoctoral fellow in drug policy, spoke to WIRED Magazine about the start of a national trend to treat drug addiction as a medical or public health problem instead of a criminal one: http://bit.ly/2i2v3K6.

Hagop Kantarjian, nonresident fellow in health policy, and Center for Health and Biosciences director Vivian Ho propose policy solutions to lower prescription costs. U.S. News & World Report: http://bit.ly/2hoYKay.

Fellow Neal Lane tells The Washington Post that the scientific community is worried about threatened funding cuts and possible disregard for the integrity of scientific information in the new administration: http://wapo.st/2h7wvcq