Experts in the News

With term limits blocking Melissa Noriega from seeking re-election, a crowd of policy debate regulars and behind-the-scene leaders are vying for the At Large 3 seat on Houston City Council. Bob Stein, fellow in urban politics and the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, and Mark Jones, fellow in political science, are quoted.

Baker Institute fellow in political science Mark Jones is quoted in an article about the government shutdown.

There is no immediate end to Argentina’s longstanding debt problem, which threatens an even worse impact on the economy. Baker Institute fellow in political science Mark Jones is quoted.

A Nov. 8 gala celebrating the 20th anniversary of Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy is announced. Mentioned in the article are Rice Board of Trustees member Bucky Allshouse and Cynthia Allshouse; Board Chair Bobby and Phoebe Tudor; James A. Baker, III, former secretary of state and honorary chair of the Baker Institute; Rice President David Leebron; Ambassador Edward Djerejian, founding director of the Baker Institute; and Rice political scientist Mark Jones.

Energy fellow Jim Krane was interviewed about the transformation of Dubai from a place with no fresh water or electricity in the 1960s to a cosmopolitan metropolis.