House Majority Leader Eric Cantor spoke at the Baker Institute this week as part of an event co-sponsored by Rice University’s Office of Public Affairs. A key theme of his remarks was the American Dream, and what the best ways… Continue Reading
The Madrid Peace Conference, convened on Oct. 30, 1991, was the first official face-to-face peace negotiation involving Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinians. It was a watershed moment for American diplomacy, but the two decades since have witnessed a… Continue Reading
Baker Institute founding director Edward P. Djerejian has an op-ed in today’s Houston Chronicle on the effort by Palestinians to obtain recognition as a “state” through a United Nations Security Council resolution. Djerejian, who is a former U.S. ambassador to… Continue Reading
With Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s government collapsing, significant challenges are ahead for Libya and for the rest of the world. Baker Institute founding director Edward P. Djerejian spoke to CNN this week about what’s next and the lessons the world can learn from Libya. He also discusses what the situation might mean for Syria. Video of his interview after the jump. Continue Reading
Baker Institute founding director Edward P. Djerejian spoke to the media this week about the political protests in Syria and U.S. policy in Afghanistan. President Obama has announced plans to begin pulling out U.S. troops from Afghanistan despite a mixed… Continue Reading
Baker Institute founding director Edward P. Djerejian was interviewed on NPR’s “Morning Edition” today about the increasingly violent crisis in Syria. Djerejian, who previously was U.S. ambassador to Syria, said that the U.S. has limited options in terms of its… Continue Reading
The spontaneous popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt represent a tectonic shift in the political landscape in the Middle East. No matter what happens in Egypt, a major crossroads has been reached, in which the legitimacy of Middle Eastern regimes… Continue Reading