NAFTA Negotiations and North American Energy Trade April 17, 2018
Energy trade and investment were largely absent from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) when it went into…
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The Estate Tax After the 2017 Tax Act
Fellow Joyce Beebe analyzes how changes to the exclusion limits for estate taxes passed under the 2017 tax reform will…
April 17, 2018 
Latin America Initiative | Commentary
A Post-Castro Cuba The elections that will be held in Cuba on April 19 undoubtedly represents the most important election since 1979 — for the…
April 16, 2018 
Gas Geoeconomics in Europe: Using Strategic Investments to Promote Market Liberalization, Counterbalance Russian Revanchism, and Enhance European Energy Security
The authors examine merits of using a gas geoeconomics approach to develop U.S. and EU policy options to bolster gas…
April 13, 2018 
Venture Capital: Testimony to Texas House Committee
McNair Center director Edward J. Egan discusses venture capital in testimony to House Small Business and Economic…
April 12, 2018 Postponed: Challenges and Opportunities in U.S.-Russia Relations April 11, 2018
This event has been postponed. We apologize for any inconvenience.
U.S.-Russia relations have reached their lowest point…
Fifth Annual Undergraduate Public Policy Competition — U.S. Foreign Policy in the Western Hemisphere April 6, 2018
The Baker Institute Student Forum hosted its fifth annual undergraduate public policy conference on April 6-7, 2018. This…
Economic Inclusion in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States: Findings From an Expert Survey
This report highlights the results from an expert survey carried out as part of a two-year research project on pluralism and…
April 5, 2018 
Latin America Initiative | Issue Brief
Increasing the Number of Women in Latin American Politics Rice faculty scholar Leslie Schwindt-Bayer shares key findings from a recently published book she edited, “Gender and…
April 4, 2018 Roundtable Dialogue: Can the Persian Gulf Crises Be Resolved? April 3, 2018
At this Roundtable Dialogue, Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East, discussed prospects for crisis…