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Center for Energy Studies | Journal

Data, Power, and Conservation: The Early Return to Information Technologies to Manage Energy Resources

Nonresident scholar Julie Cohn explores the history of the electric power industry and the turn to information technologies…

July 20, 2017

Center for Energy Studies | Research Paper

Carter Doctrine 3.0: The New Gulf-Asia-U.S. Oil Security Nexus

The relationship between the United States and its Gulf allies has evolved in important ways since President Jimmy Carter’s…

July 18, 2017

Center for Energy Studies | Program on Energy and Geopolitics in Eurasia | Issue Brief

Russia’s Use of the “Energy Weapon” in Europe

This brief quantifies the potential exposure of key European countries to Russian gas price and supply manipulation, shows…

July 18, 2017

Drug Policy | Commentary

Want Fewer People to Die From an Opioid Overdose? Give Them Heroin (Assisted Treatment)

Drug policy fellow Katharine A. Neill explains why establishing heroin-assisted treatment programs, which provide severely…

July 17, 2017

Center for Tax and Budget Policy | Issue Brief

E-Commerce: Recent Developments in State Taxation of Online Sales

Public finance fellow Joyce Beebe discusses state and federal legislation aimed at granting states greater authority to…

July 13, 2017

Religion and Public Policy | Journal

Scientists and Religious Leaders Compete for Cultural Authority of Science

Drawing on a nationally representative survey of US adults, the authors examine what factors — when individuals have a…

July 12, 2017

Claudio X. González Center for the US and Mexico | Research Paper

Skilled Mexican Migrants in Texas: What the Numbers Hide

This paper examines Mexican skilled migration to Texas, particularly to Houston, and explores the factors that motivate such…

July 12, 2017

Commentary

The Fall of Mosul and the Future of ISIS

The fall of Mosul and the ongoing demise of the ISIS pseudo-state are good news, but they do not herald either an end to the…

July 11, 2017

Center for Energy Studies | Research Paper

Dynamic Modeling of the Nitrogen Cycle of Biochar-amended Soils, and Economic Assessment of Biochar Benefits

The environmental and economic gains of biochar application in agricultural soils are the focus of this study.

July 11, 2017

Science and Technology Policy | Journal

President Trump’s Travel Bans Signal a Long-term Loss for American Science

Postdoctoral fellow Kenneth Evans examines how President Donald Trump’s executive orders temporarily banning travelers from…

July 10, 2017