Oil Market Outlook 2026: OPEC+, Geopolitics, and Price Risk
Oil markets are heading into 2026 with more uncertainty than prices suggest. On the “The Energy Forum” podcast, Abhi…
December 17, 2025 3342 Results
Iran Is Recalibrating Its National Identity
Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar discusses how Iran is managing its national security amid a range of domestic tensions — from…
December 16, 2025 
Drug policy expert available to speak about fentanyl executive order December 16, 2025
President Donald Trump’s executive order designating fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a significant escalation…
Coup Contagion? A Rash of African Power Grabs Suggests Copycats Are Taking Note of Others’ Success
In this piece for The Conversation, Salah Ben Hammou and coauthor Jonathan Powell examine how Africa’s recent wave of…
December 15, 2025 
Study finds employer health insurance costs have tripled relative to employee pay since 1999 December 15, 2025
A new Rice University study examines how the cost of employer-provided health insurance and the consumer price index have…
US elections in review: Carter Center and Baker Institute examine 25th anniversary of Bush v. Gore December 12, 2025
Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Carter Center hosted their fifth annual elections conference Dec…
Health Insurance Premiums Rose Nearly 3x the Rate of Worker Earnings Over the Past 25 Years
In a new article for The Conversation, Vivian Ho and coauthor Salpy Kanimian examine why U.S. health insurance premiums —…
December 10, 2025 
Reframing Autism: Considerations for a Biomedicine Roadmap
Although research on autism continues to advance, current U.S. policy has not kept pace with established scientific evidence…
December 10, 2025 
Guinea-Bissau Coup: Election Uncertainty Has Triggered Military Takeovers Before
In this piece for The Conversation, Salah Ben Hammou examines how election uncertainty has repeatedly coincided with…
December 9, 2025 
What Happens If the ACA Subsidies Expire?
Health insurance premiums for Affordable Care Act plans are set to spike in January. Dr. Heidi Russell and Elena M. Marks…
December 4, 2025