Another Lesson From Jan. 6: Congress Must up Its Cybersecurity Game
Scenes of insurrectionists rummaging through offices and computers in the Capitol highlight the urgent need for Congress to…
January 21, 2021 3340 Results
Climate Policy in 2021: An Opportunity for Bipartisan Action
Experts from the Center for Energy Studies offer nine climate policy recommendations for the Biden administration and argue…
January 20, 2021 
Time to Update America’s Energy Security Programs
This brief assesses the strategic and economic challenges of energy security amid a transition to a lower-carbon energy…
January 13, 2021 
Texas’ Christian Nationalists Respond to COVID-19: March Through July 2020
Nonresident scholar David R. Brockman examines the role of Christian nationalism in Texas state officials' response to the…
January 12, 2021 
Public Mistrust, Partisanship and Public Health
Ten months after the pandemic began, partisan division is severely inhibiting the United States’ COVID-19 response. The…
January 12, 2021 
The Bottom of the Barrel: Saudi Aramco and Global Climate Action
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies, argues that Saudi Aramco’s quest to remain the “last man…
January 8, 2021 
CDC Case Report Data for COVID-19: Characterizing the Pandemic with Limited Information
Following a comprehensive review of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the authors determined…
January 4, 2021 
Ethical and Legal Challenges Associated with Public Molecular Autopsies
The authors urge consideration of issues such as consent, confidentiality and return of results to ensure that the benefits…
January 1, 2021 
2021 Recommendations for the New Administration January 1, 2021
As it has since 2008, the Baker Institute has released a series of policy recommendations for the new presidential…
Rolling Back the Gains: Maternal Stress Undermines Pregnancy Health After Flint’s Water Switch
Environmental disasters impact disadvantaged communities disproportionately both through the epidemiological challenge of…
December 22, 2020