Experts in the News

Health policy fellows Sandra McKay and Peter Hotez and Sandra McKay discussed the latest COVID-19 variants and how COVID and monkeypox vaccines will affect back-to-school check-ups for children with Town Square Talk.

"Something has happened to allow Beto to narrow the margin [in the Texas governor's race] and those could be things related to the Dobbs decision as well as to the Uvalde massacre," said political science fellow Mark Jones.

Why has inflation continued to rise, despite the Federal Reserve raising interest rates? "It's worrisome," said public finance fellow John Diamond. "The risk the Fed faces is they want to get price increases under control, without throwing the economy into a complete tailspin or into a recession."

"The Chinese have worked for access and for influence not just in Saudi Arabia, but in the Gulf as a whole," said Baker Institute Director Ambassador David Satterfield.

“The war shows that countries have interests, not enemies or friends,” said fellow Francisco Monaldi, amid reports that Russia's use of energy as a weapon may push Venezuela toward the West.