Experts in the News

“Just when you think Texas couldn’t go further to the right, here we are,” said political science fellow Mark Jones.

A new Chinese tax threatens to leave Venezuela without a market to sell its oil products. “The impact (of the tax) will be catastrophic because we are talking about (nearly) all the Venezuelan oil that is being exported,” said Latin American energy fellow Francisco Monaldi.

It’s been one year since the murder of George Floyd. Political science fellow Mark Jones joined the Texas Standard show to discuss the status of police reform bills in the Texas Legislature.

"The Middle East has a unique ability of drawing U.S. presidents and administrations tightly into whatever crises that erupt there," said Ambassador Edward Djerejian, the Baker Institute's director. "Whether he’s interested or not in the Middle East, President Biden cannot escape it." The ambassador discussed the increasing number of Democrats supporting the Palestinian cause, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's near-term prospects, and more.

Demand is strong for entry-level workers to build out renewable energy projects in Texas, where more wind and solar capacity is expected to be added to the grid in the coming months and years than anywhere else in the country, said Ken Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies.  Medlock is the James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics.