Ukraine: Is Russia Ready to Move Again?
Joe Barnes, the institute's Bonner Means Baker Fellow, blogs on concern in Kyiv, Washington and European capitals — not too…
April 8, 2014 5508 Results
NAFTA After 20 Years April 7, 2014
Twenty years after the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) took effect, its signatories — the United States, Mexico…
America's Fiscal Constitution, featuring former Mayor Bill White April 3, 2014
In his new book “America’s Fiscal Constitution,” Bill White dispels common myths about the budget and extracts practical…
The Evolution of Mexican Democracy April 2, 2014
José Woldenberg is a Mexican political scientist and sociologist who served as the first president of the Federal Electoral…
Medlock Testifies Before Congress
Kenneth B. Medlock III, James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics, testified about…
April 2, 2014 Civic Scientist Lecture Series — Panel Session on Advancing Civic Science in America April 1, 2014
Join us for an interactive panel session on the current state of science in America with three eminent civic scientists —…
Cannabinomics: The Impact of Cannabis and Hemp on America’s Economy and Public Safety March 31, 2014
After 40 years and $1 trillion in taxpayer dollars, the war on drugs is widely recognized as a failure. While having a…
HRMS Issue Brief #2: The Affordable Care Act and Texas’ “Young Invincibles”
More than one-third of Texas’ six million uninsured residents are “Young Invincibles,” and their participation in the…
March 31, 2014 U.S. Policy in the Middle East March 27, 2014
The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian, founding director of Rice University’s Baker Institute, will discuss the Arab Awakening…
Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Women’s Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees | Journal
Modernising Women and Democratisation After the Arab Spring What has the Arab Spring meant for women’s rights in the region? Three years after the mass social protests of January and…
March 27, 2014