Richard Holbrooke’s untimely passing is a tragic loss for his family, friends and colleagues throughout the world. I met Richard early on when we both were young Foreign Service Officers in Morocco in 1970. He was head of the Peace… Continue Reading
In an article published this week in Foreign Policy, Baker Institute founding director Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian and information technology policy fellow Christopher Bronk, Ph.D., discuss the potentially disastrous effects of WikiLeaks’ publication of more than 250,000 U.S. embassy cables.… Continue Reading
Today, American Public Media’s Marketplace reported that top U.S. diplomats and high-tech executives are visiting Syria this week in an effort to use technology as a diplomatic tool. Baker Institute founding director Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian is interviewed on why… Continue Reading
As the United States prepares for another round of peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians, two issues are emerging as particularly pressing, according to Baker Institute founding director Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian. The first is determining the future borders of… Continue Reading
One of the Baker Institute’s central missions is to engage students, the next generation of policymakers. Although the Baker Institute does not grant academic degrees, many institute fellows teach classes in addition to their research. Some of their areas of… Continue Reading
The Baker Institute today published a report that offers concrete recommendations to U.S. negotiators on the territorial component of an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement. The report, “Getting to the Territorial Endgame of an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Settlement,” draws on nearly two years… Continue Reading
Even as we enter the second decade of the 21st century, the lessons of previous decades are never far behind — particularly when it comes to the Middle East. As our founding director Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian notes in an… Continue Reading