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At least a dozen countries, including the U.S., have suspended funding to the United Nations agency that delivers aid to…

February 1, 2024

Report from Rice’s Baker Institute reviews policy strategies to mitigate US child care needs

HOUSTON – (Jan. 31, 2024) –…

January 31, 2024

After more than a decade, the Syrian conflict has largely but not entirely drawn to a close, leaving the country devastated…

January 25, 2024

The city of Houston’s budget is at a tipping point. For five consecutive years, the city outspent its revenues by $100–$200…

January 25, 2024

Will Biden’s strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen prove effective? Fellow Joe Barnes lays out challenges facing the president…

January 24, 2024

On Saturday, March 2, 2024, the School of Social Sciences Master of Global Affairs (MGA) Program will host the 2024 Networ…

January 23, 2024

Calvin “Herb” Ward, an Air Force veteran whose career at Rice spanned more than half a century, died Dec. 28 at the age of…

January 22, 2024

Taiwan’s Jan. 13 elections saw voters assert an increasingly diverse and inclusive democratic identity. Allies and foes…

January 22, 2024

OPEC+ cuts — including additional voluntary cuts, most importantly by Saudi Arabia — look set to significantly tighten the…

January 22, 2024

Nonresident Scholar

Aynne Kokas, Ph.D., is a nonresident scholar for the Baker Institute China Studies Program and an assistant professor of…