Why NASA Should Change Its Present Course
A critical reassessment of NASA’s current programs and future is essential to ensure the nation’s continued leadership role…
February 21, 2017 3351 Results
The Role of Local Governments in the Energy Sector and Implications of the Energy Reform for Local Governments
This paper outlines a governance model that incorporates the participation and feedback of political, private and civic…
February 21, 2017 
The Lengthy Brazilian Crisis Is Not Yet Over
Since the first quarter of 2014, Brazil has been living in crisis mode as the result of a severe economic crisis in…
February 17, 2017 
Latin America Initiative | Commentary
Voices of the Americas Voices of the Americas is a space for Americas Project fellows to share their insights into events unfolding in their home…
February 17, 2017 
Oilfield Produced Water Ownership in Texas: Balancing Surface Owners’ Rights and Mineral Owners’ Commercial Objectives
Under long-established Texas law, the surface estate owner clearly owns oilfield produced water. However, the law does not…
February 16, 2017 
An Uncertain Future for Syria’s Kurds
President Trump has promised to work with the Russians and the Syrians to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)…
February 16, 2017 
Optimal Transmission Planning Under the Mexican New Electricity Market
Mexico's electricity market has engaged in a deep reform process after decades of a state-owned, vertically integrated…
February 16, 2017 
A Conservative Answer to Climate Change
James A. Baker, III, and George P. Shultz — both former secretaries of state and Treasury secretaries — offer "A…
February 15, 2017 
Comparing Utilization and Costs of Care in Freestanding Emergency Departments, Hospital Emergency Departments, and Urgent Care Centers
Texans are likely to pay more at freestanding emergency departments than at hospital-based emergency departments or urgent…
February 15, 2017 
Women’s Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees | Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Commentary
Party Politics and Domestic Violence Laws in Tunisia and Morocco Do laws in the Middle East adequately protect women against domestic violence? The author examines the positions of two…
February 15, 2017