Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, also known as The Baker Institute, is an American think tank on the campus of Rice University in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1993, it functions as a non-partisan center of public policy research. In 2013, the Baker Institute was ranked in the top 20 think tanks in the United States in the report by the International Relations Program at the University of Pennsylvania. The Baker Institute also ranks 11th in the world for university-based think tanks and 5th for Top Energy and Resource Policy Think Tanks. It is named for James A. Baker III, former United States Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury. The institute's founding director, Edward P. Djerejian, is the former United States Ambassador to Israel and Syria and Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. The institute's board of advisors include William Barnett (Chair), Colin Powell, Madeleine Albright and Rice University's President David Leebron.The institute employs scholars and researchers from a variety of backgrounds. Its current research includes centers for different areas: The Center for the Middle East, The Mexico Center, and The Center for Energy Studies. Other programs include China Studies, Drug Policy, Health Policy Forum, International Economics, Latin America Initiative, Politics and Elections, Religion and Public Policy, Space Policy, Science and Technology, and Tax and Expenditure Policy. The institute is a sponsoring organization for the Iraq Study Group. It is supported mainly by donor contributions.The institute is affiliated with Rice University, and the university's faculty and students are involved in its research programs and public events.[citation needed] The institute is located on the Rice campus in James A. Baker III Hall, which also houses the School of Social Sciences (including the departments of Economics and Political Science).. }
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- James_A._Baker_III_Institute_for_Public_Policy abstract "The James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, also known as The Baker Institute, is an American think tank on the campus of Rice University in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1993, it functions as a non-partisan center of public policy research. In 2013, the Baker Institute was ranked in the top 20 think tanks in the United States in the report by the International Relations Program at the University of Pennsylvania. The Baker Institute also ranks 11th in the world for university-based think tanks and 5th for Top Energy and Resource Policy Think Tanks. It is named for James A. Baker III, former United States Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury. The institute's founding director, Edward P. Djerejian, is the former United States Ambassador to Israel and Syria and Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. The institute's board of advisors include William Barnett (Chair), Colin Powell, Madeleine Albright and Rice University's President David Leebron.The institute employs scholars and researchers from a variety of backgrounds. Its current research includes centers for different areas: The Center for the Middle East, The Mexico Center, and The Center for Energy Studies. Other programs include China Studies, Drug Policy, Health Policy Forum, International Economics, Latin America Initiative, Politics and Elections, Religion and Public Policy, Space Policy, Science and Technology, and Tax and Expenditure Policy. The institute is a sponsoring organization for the Iraq Study Group. It is supported mainly by donor contributions.The institute is affiliated with Rice University, and the university's faculty and students are involved in its research programs and public events.[citation needed] The institute is located on the Rice campus in James A. Baker III Hall, which also houses the School of Social Sciences (including the departments of Economics and Political Science).".