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 5522 Results
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 Assessing the Arab Spring: Three Years On January 14, 2014
Three years after the popular uprisings that swept away long-entrenched authoritarian leaders, Middle East Institute vice…
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 
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Many contemporary medical ethicists dismiss the centuries-old Hippocratic Oath as outdated because of the enormous…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 
Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Political Economy of the Arab Gulf | Research Paper
The Gulf States and the Rebalancing of Regional and Global Power The Gulf Cooperation Council states have emerged as increasingly visible global actors with diverse geopolitical interests.
January 8, 2014 Mexico: Security Challenges Impacting Private Sector Operations January 7, 2014
The Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) and the Baker Institute Mexico Center present "Mexico: Security Challenges…
Intrajurisdictional Capitalization and the Incidence of the Property Tax
This paper focuses on the intrajurisdictional capitalization effects that underlie what is arguably the most plausible…
January 6, 2014 
The Mining Boom in Latin America: Rents, Development and Democracy
Latin America has witnessed an unprecedented natural resource boom in the last decade. However, the macroeconomic and social…
January 1, 2014