America’s Child Care Problem
Fellows Joyce Beebe and Edward M. Emmett discuss the child care shortage in the U.S. and evaluate a variety of policy…
March 8, 2024 3349 Results
Biden Should Reengage on International Digital Trade Rules
The Office of the United States Trade Representative recently stepped back from ongoing negotiations on digital trade at the…
March 7, 2024 
Children Walking and Biking: Mapping Houston’s Injury Hotspots
The number of children walking and biking to school has been in decline for more than 50 years, yet associated death and…
March 5, 2024 
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen receives 2024 Gulf Book Award from Gulf International Forum March 4, 2024
On March 4, Middle East fellow Kristian Coates Ulrichsen received the 2024 Gulf Book Award in the political studies category…
America Is Facing Severe Labor Shortages. Expanding the TN Visa Can Help
America is facing a serious labor shortage. Expanding the TN visa — a pivotal pathway for Canadian and Mexican professionals…
March 4, 2024 
Rice’s Mark Jones talks Super Tuesday, Texas primary March 1, 2024
Super Tuesday is less than a week away — March 5 — and voters in one U.S. territory and 15 states, including Texas, will…
Houthi Red Sea Attacks Impose ‘Economic Sanctions’ on Israel’s Backers
Yemen’s Houthi have mounted a selective counter-shipping campaign in the Red Sea that has disrupted global trade between…
March 1, 2024 
Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Women’s Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees | Podcast
Forced Displacement Amid Global Conflict Experts from the Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East explore the challenges facing the world’s 36 million…
March 1, 2024 
Alabama IVF ruling will have national implications, Rice health experts argue February 29, 2024
Two fellows from the Baker Institute for Public Policy are available to discuss landmark medical ruling
HOUSTON – (Feb. 29…
Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Center for Energy Studies | Political Economy of the Arab Gulf | Conference Report
Chaos in Energy Markets Then and Now: 50 Years After the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo — A Review Fifty years after the 1973 oil embargo, Baker Institute Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East and Center for Energy…
February 29, 2024