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Center for Energy Studies | Research Paper

An Expensive Diversion: Abu Dhabi’s Renewable Energy Investments Amid a Context of Challenging Demand

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Executive Summary

In 2009, Abu Dhabi launched a drive into renewable energy…

February 11, 2014

Center for Health Policy | Health Economics | Issue Brief

HRMS Issue Brief #1: Were Texans Satisfied With the Cost of Health Care and Health Insurance Prior to the Affordable Care Act?

In this issue brief, Rice University's Baker Institute and The Episcopal Health Foundation ask, "Were Texans satisfied with…

February 10, 2014

Center for Energy Studies | Research Paper

Hacks on Gas: Energy, Cybersecurity, and U.S. Defense

Information technology policy fellow Chris Bronk writes that cybersecurity threats to the U.S. energy industry and…

February 5, 2014

Latin America Initiative | Commentary

Costa Rica’s Search for a New President

Erika de la Garza, program director of the Latin America Initiative, discusses the political fragmentation and need for…

February 4, 2014

Global Health | Center for Health Policy | Journal

Aboriginal Populations and Their Neglected Tropical Diseases

Although Aboriginal people make up a small percentage of the world's population, they are disproportionately affected by…

January 30, 2014

Health Economics | Center for Health Policy | Commentary

Texas and Medicaid

Baker Institute health policy experts Hagop M. Kantarjian and Vivian Ho explain why Texas, which holds the notorious record…

January 23, 2014

China Studies | Report

Building a Transparent Web: Transnational Social Media, Cybersecurity, and Sino-U.S. Trade

A policy report by Aynne Kokas, Baker Institute fellow in Chinese media, that recommends steps to further open media markets…

January 22, 2014

Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Conflict Resolution and U.S. Foreign Policy | Commentary

Humanitarian Crisis and Political Impasse in Syria

While much media attention recently has focused on the geopolitical fault lines that connect Syria’s violence to wider…

January 16, 2014

Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Statement

Ariel Sharon 1928-2014

Edward Djerejian, founding director of Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and former U.S. ambassador to…

January 13, 2014

Health Economics | Center for Health Policy | Issue Brief

Deciphering the Hippocratic Oath in the 21st Century

Many contemporary medical ethicists dismiss the centuries-old Hippocratic Oath as outdated because of the enormous…

January 10, 2014