Experts in the News

Center for Health and Biosciences director Rola El-Serag discussed the health of military veterans.

The absence of traveler spending during a 20-month partial closure of the U.S.-Mexico border caused a $20 billion loss to the region, estimated research scholar José Iván Rodríguez-Sánchez.

“It’s a strange dichotomy,” fellow Jim Krane said of Saudi Arabia's plan to use oil exports to raise money for emission reduction technologies. “Its success in reaching [a net zero] goal hinges on the rest of the world continuing to use oil.”

Former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, received the Bush Foundation’s George H.W. Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service last week. In a conversation with former Vice President Dan Quayle at the awards ceremony, Secretary Baker reflected on what made the Kuwait strategy successful, current political polarization and government spending & debt. 

Synthetic opioids like fentanyl — the primary driver of a 30.8% increase in drug overdose deaths for the 12-month period ending March 2021 —  are "a can of worms that’s open now,” said drug policy fellow Katharine Neill Harris. The best solution starts with education, she added. "It’s important to educate individuals about the risks and to provide resources so people can figure out what they’re taking."