Baker Prize for Excellence in Leadership: Austin Bennett Tice April 13, 2022
In May 2012, while a student at Georgetown Law School, Austin Tice traveled to Syria as a freelance journalist to report on…
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RYP Spring Happy Hour April 12, 2022
At this member-exclusive happy hour, members of the Roundtable Young Professionals celebrated the beginning of spring at Mon…
Need Nickel? How Electrifying Transport and Chinese Investment Are Playing Out in the Indonesian Archipelago
The authors examine tensions in nickel supply and value chains within the context of broad aspirations to electrify…
April 11, 2022 
Houston Energy Dialogues: Executive Summary
On August 31, 2021, Energy Dialogues and the Center for Energy Studies hosted the Houston Energy Dialogues for the fifth…
April 11, 2022 
Mexico’s 2021 Dark Network Alliance Structure: An Exploratory Social Network Analysis of Lantia Consultores’ Illicit Network Alliance and Subgroup Data
This paper maps out the network of alliances and subgroups within the two most powerful cartels in Mexico — the Sinaloa…
April 11, 2022 Ninth Annual Undergraduate Policy Competition — U.S. Election Policy and Democracy Reform April 9, 2022
The Baker Institute Student Forum hosted its ninth annual undergraduate public policy conference on April 9, 2022. This year…
Developing the Next Generation of Civic Scientists: Rice Science Policy Symposium April 8, 2022
The next generation of civic scientists — scientists and engineers who use their knowledge, accomplishments and skills to…
Davoudi Emerging Leaders Lecture Series: A Conversation With Dr. Rola El-Serag April 7, 2022
This virtual event, the second in the spring’s Davoudi Emerging Leaders Lecture Series, featured Dr. Rola El-Serag, director…
Things Are Never So Bad That They Can’t Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela April 4, 2022
Today, Venezuela is a country of perpetual crisis — with rolling blackouts, nearly worthless currency, uncertain supplies of…