Happy Hour at Saint Arnold Brewing Company June 19, 2013
Nathan P. Jones, the institute"s Alfred C. Glassell III Postdoctoral Fellow in Drug Policy, will discuss the history of the…
1735 Results
Energy Market Globalization: Investment and Commodity Price Cycles and the Role of Geopolitics June 12, 2013
The past several decades have been characterized by episodes affecting financial markets and energy markets that have…
Looking at Iran: The Rise and Fall of Iran in Public Opinion May 30, 2013
When American policymakers discuss Iran, the focus is on Israel, as if that were the only issue to consider. In reality, the…
Shell Distinguished Lecture Series -- Seizing Africa's Opportunity: The Role of Effective Governance May 21, 2013
The Right Honorable Tony Blair served as prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from May 1997 to June 2007…
International Space Medicine Summit 2013 May 16, 2013
On May 16-19, 2013, Rice University"s Baker Institute and Baylor College of Medicine will host the seventh annual…
Going Global: Greater Houston's Economic Future May 15, 2013
The Houston forum of the Global Cities Initiative will take place at the Baker Institute for Public Policy on the campus of…
Lone Star Treasures: The Presidential Libraries of Texas May 14, 2013
Texas is the only state to have three presidential libraries. But what is a presidential library and what purpose does it…
Reforming the U.S. System for Taxing International Income April 26, 2013
The president and members of Congress have called for reforms of our international tax system. Some view the system as…
A Conversation With His Excellency Ashti Hawrami, Ph.D. April 16, 2013
His Excellency Ashti Hawrami, Ph.D., was appointed minister for natural resources of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)…
Space Exploration and Human Imagination: Space Futures April 11, 2013
The Baker Institute Space Policy Program, with the Rice Space Institute and Rice University Scientia, will host a conference…