Venezuela’s Oil Mythologies Have Hindered Its Development
Cultural myths — and by extension, the suppositions they inspire — have played a major role in shaping Venezuela's…
February 5, 2018 5537 Results
Building Pluralistic and Inclusive States Post-Arab Spring February 1, 2018
Now in its seventh year, the political and social upheaval ignited by the Arab uprisings shows little sign of abating. U.S…
Refinement of the Affordable Care Act
Vivian Ho, director of the Center for Health and Biosciences, examines some of the major reasons critics dislike the…
January 31, 2018 
Trump Policy in the Middle East: ISIS
This brief on the Trump administration's approach to the battle against ISIS is the first of a three-part series on America…
January 29, 2018 
Member Exclusive — Texas: State of Innovation January 26, 2018
The Baker Institute McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Texas Lyceum co-hosted a conference at the…
A Sector in Transition: Transportation in the 21st Century January 23, 2018
Globally, the transportation sector is responsible for just over a quarter of total energy use. It is also a significant…
Anti-Qatar Embargo Grinds Toward Strategic Failure
The list of 13 demands presented in June 2017 by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates suggests a…
January 22, 2018 
Latin America Initiative | Commentary
Corruption, Impeachment and a Pardon: A Political Crisis in Peru Days after Peru's Congress nearly impeached the country's president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, he pardoned his authoritarian…
January 18, 2018 
Employment Among Patients Starting Dialysis in the United States
Nonresident scholar Kevin Erickson is a co-author of a study that examined trends in employment among patients initiating…
January 18, 2018 
Measuring Female Labor Force Participation in the GCC
This brief explores how a quirk in the measurement of women’s labor force participation and the demographic peculiarities of…
January 18, 2018