Webinar — Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads November 5, 2020
Saudi Arabia is being transformed by dramatic social, economic and political changes with implications for oil markets…
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Reducing the Burden of Criminal Justice Involvement for Minor Offenses
In testimony before the Texas House of Representatives Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, Neill Harris expressed support for…
November 5, 2020 Webinar — Binational Commons: Institutional Development and Governance on the U.S.-Mexico Border November 4, 2020
Studying institutional development is not only about empowering communities to withstand whims of politics, it is also about…
Decline in U.S. Wealth and Income Inequality Between 2016 and 2019
Public finance fellow Jorge Barro analyzes Federal Reserve survey data released in September 2020 that shows that U.S…
November 4, 2020 
COVID-19 and the Texas Rainy Day Fund
In late July, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar delivered a bleak economic outlook for the state’s economy: the amount of…
November 4, 2020 2020 Election Series — "Wolf Warriors" and Hollywood: Public Diplomacy and Soft Power in a Time of Deteriorating U.S.-Chinese Relations November 2, 2020
As the U.S. and China square off and move toward a new and decidedly more confrontational relationship, public diplomacy and…
BCarbon: A New Soil Carbon Storage Standard
A working group led by the Baker Institute has developed an innovative measurement-based standard — “BCarbon” — for removing…
November 2, 2020 
Streamers, Virtual Nationalists and Soft Power: China vs. the World?
A decision by a Japanese streaming company to suspend operations in China is the latest iteration in China’s war for…
October 30, 2020 Roundtable Dialogue — The 2020 Elections: From Washington D.C. to Harris County Precinct 3 October 29, 2020
At this member-exclusive webinar, political science fellow Mark Jones provided an overview of the state of play in a range…
International Space Medicine Summit 2020 October 29, 2020
As we continue human space exploration, much more research is needed to prevent and/or mitigate the medical, psychological…