Gary Uzonyi, 2021
Baker Scholars Become Part of the Solution
How Will AI Affect Democracy?
Baker Students Gain Firsthand Experience in National Security Research
CETEP and Baker School Host a Panel of Experts to Discuss the Future of Nuclear Energy
IAC Announces Constitution Day Events
How Secure is Your Vote?
UT’s New Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs Includes Country’s Top Experts
TN Legislative Internship Program Applications Now Open
Simeon Burns
Baker School and CETEP Host Inaugural Southeast Energy Policy Forum
Timothy Brennan
The Declaration of Independence Today: Why an Old Text Still Serves Us Now
CATO: George Washington’s Valley Forge Play
The Baker School Welcomes Students Back to Campus
Post Conflict Justice in Ethiopia
Who Would Trust a Nuclear Umbrella? An Original Survey Gauging Public Confidence in Future Nuclear Guarantees in Morocco
Matthew Buehler and Arjun Banerjee, 2022
Cheap Talk or Serious Resolve? Chinese and US policies on the East and South China Seas
Krista Wiegand, 2018
Incursions, Innocent Passage, or Costly Signals: Chinese Activity in the East China Sea
Krista Wiegand, 2018
How Biden Should Handle the South China Sea Disputes
Krista Wiegand, 2020
Costs of South Korea’s Shifts in Foreign Policy in the Increasing U.S. – China Rivalry
Sojeong Lee and Krista Wiegand, 2022
The US is about to blow up a fake warship in the South China Sea – but naval rivalry with Beijing is very real and growing
Krista Wiegand , 2023
China and the US are locked in struggle – and the visit by Secretary of State Blinken is only a start to improving relations
Krista Wiegand, 2023
Piracy is on the rise, and coronavirus could make it worse
Brandon Prins, 2020
Terrorists Target Civilians to Provoke Government Overreaction
Brandon Prins, 2020
Capacity Building Must be a Focus as Sea Piracy Expands
Brandon Prins, 2020
How History Predicts COVID-19’s Impact on Maritime Piracy, and What America Can do to Help
Brandon Prins, 2021
Fights over marine boundaries are creating safe zones for pirates
Brandon Prins, Anup Phayal, and Aaron Gold, 2021
What will keep ships – and people – safer in the Gulf of Guinea?
Brandon Prins, Aaron Gold, Anup Phayal, Simon Rotzer, Curie Maharani, Sayed Riyadi, and Kayla Marie Reno, 2022
Why Are There No More Walter Cronkites?
Call for Applications for Baker School Experts
Third Party Intervention and Ongoing Civil Wars in Syria
Gary Uzonyi,, 2019
Tracking China and Russia’s Nuclear Diplomacy Activities in Africa
Matt Buehler and Elizabeth Wheeler
The Risks of Nuclear Facility Incidents
Brandon Prins and Krista Wiegand, 2021
The Consequences of Nuclear Facility Incidents
Krista Wiegand and Tim Roberson, 2021
Recent Developments in the Kurdish Independence Movement in Iraq
Gary Uzonyi, 2017
Do We Need a Democracy Renovation?
Are Term Limits a Good Idea?
The Conversation: China and the US are locked in struggle – and the visit by Secretary of State Blinken is only a start to improving relations
Institute of American Civics to Host Inaugural TN Civics Academy June 21-22
Do We Need a New Strategy to Address Disparities in Public Education?
Josh Dunn
UT Students in Japan with Baker Center
What are the Best Ways to Address Crime?
Baker Center Launches Season Two of You Might be Right Podcast with Former Governors Bredesen, Haslam
Why is it so Controversial to Teach American History Today?
Institute of American Civics Sponsors Leadership Knoxville Luncheon Keynote Address with Michele Moody-Adams
June 21-22 // Tennessee Civics Academy
Josh Dunn Named First Executive Director of UT Baker Center’s Institute of American Civics
April 27 // Move Fast and Break (the Right) Things: Hastening the Clean Energy Transition without Compromising Reliability, Affordability, and the Environment
GS Director Krista Wiegand Participates in Indo-Pacific Security Dialogues
May 9 // Reflections on 20 Years of Homelessness Policy Continuity in Knoxville
April 24 // The Sociotechnical Dynamics of Negative Emissions, Carbon Removal, and Solar Geoengineering
Baker Scholar Nolan Ragland named Undergraduate Researcher of the Year
The Conversation: The US is about to blow up a fake warship in the South China Sea – but naval rivalry with Beijing is very real and growing
Senior Research Associate Jill Welch Gives Talk on Women and Public Policy to Society of Women Engineers
April 20 // U.S. Grand Strategy in a New Era of Great Power Competition: America’s National Story
April 13 // Carbon Sovereignty: coal, development, and energy transition in the Navajo Nation
March 31 // U.S. Representative Mark Green hosted by the Baker Center
March 30 // Decarbonizing the Transportation Sector: Challenges and Policy Options
March 27 // Braver Angels Collegiate Debate: Should Assault Weapons Be Banned?
March 23 // A Conversation about Equity and Viability Concerns in Energy Law and Policy
Brewton Brownlow Couch to Join the Baker Center as Chief of Staff
Recap: Are Carbon Markets Reshaping the US Electricity Industry
Statistical Estimation of Trends in Scrappage and Survival of U.S. Light-duty Vehicles
David L. Greene, PhD and Benjamin Leard, PhD, 2023
Recap: U.S. Policy in the Indo-Pacific: Standing by Our Allies
March 9 // Are Carbon Markets Reshaping the US Electricity Industry?
Institute of American Civics Executive Director Finalists Announced
March 6 // U.S. Policy in the Indo-Pacific: Standing by our Allies
Tennessee’s Growth is Outpacing its Infrastructure
Tennessee Business Leadership Council, Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, Haslam College of Business, Boyd Center for Business & Economic Research, 2023
March 1 // U.S. – Japan Strategic Alliance Series
Feb. 28 // 2023 Japanese Business Roundtable
Feb. 27 // A Conversation with Dr. Russ Wigginton
Board of Trustees Approves Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs
Testing for Contaminated Well Water
Recap: Energy Resilience in the Face of Climate Change
Feb. 1 // Energy Resilience in the Face of Climate Change
Baker Center’s Global Security Program Launches New Japan Ambassador Program
The Baker Center and Institute Welcome New Employees
Spring Local Government Fellows Program
August 16 – 18 // Southeast Energy Policy Forum
Am I Using my Morals as a Weapon or a Gift?
Recap: A Vision for Future Mobility in Tennessee
New Research Explains Why Information Spaces Are Rife With Misinformation
Recap: Economics and Epidemiology
Advanced Manufacturing in the American South
What is the Future of Global Trade?
What is the Senate Filibuster and Why Should We Care?
China Town Hall : Local Connections, National Reflection
Recap: Analyzing and Addressing Gun Violence in Knoxville – Key People, Places and Strategies
NOV 3 // Economics and Epidemiology: Beyond Dollars and Cents
Professor Bayham will highlight several insights from interdisciplinary efforts, discussing their application during the COVID-19 pandemic and suggest a path forward for research on economic epidemiology.
NOV 3 , 2022 • 1:00pm
Toyota Auditorium
NOV 2 // Analyzing and Addressing Gun Violence in Knoxville: Key People, Places and Strategies
Thomas Abt returns to the Baker Center to provide an update on the work he has been doing with Knoxville to identify local sources of gun violence and develop strategies to reduce them.
NOV 2, 2022 • 5:00pm
Toyota Auditorium
Valuing the Ecosystem Services Provided by Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness
Charles Sims and Cassidy Quistorff, 2022
Recap: How China’s Rare Earth Monopoly is Reshaping the World
Stock Turnover and the Decarbonization of U.S. Passenger Vehicles
Benjamin Leard and David Greene, 2022
Baker Center Partners with City of Knoxville on Student Fellows Program
Baker Center Partners with City of Knoxville on Student Fellows Program
What Still Ails Us a Decade After the Affordable Care Act?
What Can Be Done About the Affordable Housing Crisis?
What Can Be Done About the Affordable Housing Crisis?
OCT 13 // How China’s Rare Earth Monopoly is Reshaping the World
China’s early strategy of capturing a market share for production of rare earth elements now puts China in a controlling position of critical materials.
OCT 13, 2022 • 1:00pm
Toyota Auditorium
OCT 27 // Vulnerability of U.S. Water Supply to Climate Change
Dr. Travis Warziniack will discuss his study on the trends in freshwater use and supply throughout the U.S. and their implications for future shortages.
OCT 27, 2022 • 1:00pm
Toyota Auditorium
