The Syrian Conflict: Perspectives from a War Correspondent February 11, 2019
The Middle East has captivated the world’s attention for its perpetual shifting alliances, conflicts and wars over the past…
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All the Presidents’ Man
Lauded as “The Pastor to the Presidents,” the late evangelist Billy Graham met with or gave counsel to every sitting…
February 11, 2019 
Weighing the Effects of Vertical Integration Versus Market Concentration on Hospital Quality
New research finds that health care consolidation and the integration of hospital and doctor services not only fail to…
February 9, 2019 Energy Kingdoms: Oil and Political Survival in the Persian Gulf February 6, 2019
Oil has transformed the six Gulf monarchies from isolated hermit kingdoms into some of the most cash- and technology…
A Worthy Mission: Controlling Corruption in Latin America January 31, 2019
Elections in Latin America are freer and fairer than they used to be, and, with the rare exception, political power in Latin…
Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Center for Energy Studies | Political Economy of the Arab Gulf | Research Paper
Subsidy Reform and Tax Increases in the Rentier Middle East A newly released study from the Project on Middle East Political Science at George Washington University includes a…
January 30, 2019 Roundtable Dialogue — Human Embryo Research: Current Scientific, Ethical and Policy Challenges January 29, 2019
At this Roundtable Dialogue, Kirstin R.W. Matthews, fellow in science and technology policy, discussed the current state of…
How Much of U.S. Health Care Spending Provides Direct Care or Benefit to Patients?
By Morgan N. Fredell, Hagop M. Kantarjian, Ya-Chen Shih, Vivian Ho and Binata Mukherjee
Current U.S. health care spending…
January 29, 2019 
Constructing an Islamic Nation: National Mosque Building as a Form of Nation-building
The author shows that mosque construction in Islamic states increased after 1979, when political elites adopted a strategy…
January 28, 2019 
Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in U.S. Health Care January 23, 2019
Houston, home of the world-renowned Texas Medical Center, draws many of the country’s brightest medical students and…