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At the invitation of Armenia’s Foreign Minister, Edward Nalbandian, Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian addressed the Republic of Armenia’s diplomatic personnel on U.S., foreign policy and conflict resolution at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Yerevan, Armenia, on May 25, 2017.

Two of America’s premier political consultants, David Axelrod and Karl Rove, will serve as honorary directors of the first conference of the Presidential Elections Program hosted by the Baker Institute.

The Baker Institute has become the nation’s first think tank to establish a program dedicated solely to the study of U.S. presidential campaigns and elections.

James A. Baker, III, led the presidential campaigns of Presidents Ford, Reagan and Bush in five consecutive elections between 1976 and 1992.

Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy has received a five-year, $3.2 million grant from the Charles Koch Foundation to fund a program to examine the dynamic effects of major fiscal policies.

The Baker Institute for Public Policy has become the nation’s first think tank to establish a program dedicated solely to the study of U.S. presidential campaigns and elections. The newly created Baker Institute Presidential Elections Program will offer timely analysis and provide voters, candidates and political parties with a better understanding of the quickly changing dynamics of presidential electoral politics.

The November 2016 elections brought significant changes to drug policies in Houston and Harris County, particularly with regard to marijuana, and may lead to changes in other major Texas cities. Dean Becker, a Drug Policy Program contributing expert and host of radio programs aired on more than 70 stations throughout the nation, interviewed principal figures involved in these changes, both before and after the election. MP3 recordings and transcripts of these interviews, along with hundreds of others gathered over 15 years, are available on the Drug Truth Archive on the Drug Policy Program website.

In a series of media interviews, Baker Institute director Ambasador Edward P. Djerejian discusses the prospects for a truce in Syria and the destabilizing influence of conflicting political interests inside and outside of the region.

The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation has generously provided an $8 million endowment to establish the McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.