Experts in the News

"Sanctions have never fully caused a government to give up its grip on power," says energy fellow Francisco Monaldi of U.S. oil sanctions designed to force Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from office.

Baker Institute energy fellow Francisco Monaldi is among the top five influencers in the oil and gas exploration sector based on his performance and engagement online in the past 90 days, according to GlobalData.

While Texans don’t like higher taxes, they want the education of future generations to be a higher priority, writes fellow Mark Jones.  

Last year, health policy fellow Peter Hotez reported that 15 U.S. cities have high numbers of unvaccinated kindergartners. “We are seeing [measles] outbreaks in eight of those now,” he tells BuzzFeed News: https://bit.ly/2GmgihL

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador “truly believes that if he fights corruption and lets good people run PEMEX, it will be fine,” said nonresident scholar Miriam Grunstein. “It’s magical thinking.”