Latin America Initiative | Commentary
Another Blow to Venezuela’s Crumbling Democracy Venezuela's fragile democracy is crumbling under President Nicolás Maduro. Latin America Initiative program director Erika…
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Presidential Transitions in a Bipartisan Setting: Managing a Transition Crisis October 18, 2016
The event described below was held at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of…
Implementing Three-dimensional Groundwater Management in a Texas Groundwater Conservation District
Using the Guadalupe County Groundwater Conservation District as a case study, this journal article examines the benefits of…
October 18, 2016 Political Reform in China October 17, 2016
What lies ahead for China’s economy and political reforms? Later this month, the Chinese Communist Party will have its final…
The New Arab Wars: Uprisings and Anarchy in the Middle East October 13, 2016
Author and founder of the Project on Middle East Political Science Marc Lynch discussed his new book, “The New Arab Wars…
How Too Much Freedom of Choice Endangers Public Health: The Effect of Nonmedical Exemptions From School-Entry Vaccinations in Texas
This policy brief analyzes the impact of the increasing number of parents who opt their children out of school-entry…
October 13, 2016 
Responding to Richard: Celebrity and (Mis)representation of Science
This study of biologists and physicists in the UK found that a majority of the respondents disagree with evolutionary…
October 10, 2016 
The Right to Bear Arms in Mexico: Mexican Senator Invokes the U.S. Second Amendment
This blog post examines a Mexican senator's push to amend Mexico's Constitution to emulate the Second Amendment of the U.S…
October 10, 2016 Lost in Space 2016 October 3, 2016
Since the space shuttle program ended in July 2011, the United States has not had the capability to launch humans into space…
Latin America Initiative | Commentary
Colombia’s Peace Plebiscite: The People Have Spoken Colombians on Sunday (10/2) voted against a peace deal with FARC negotiated by President Juan Manuel Santos. What are the…
October 3, 2016