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City Club of Cleveland - Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian
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Edward P. Djerejian is a former United States diplomat who served in eight Administrations from John F. Kennedy to William J. Clinton (1962-1994.) He served as the United States Ambassador to Syria and Israel. He is the Founding Director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, a think tank on the campus of Rice University in Houston, Texas and Managing Partner of Djerejian Global Consultancies, LLP.

Founded in 1993, the Baker Institute has become a notable center of public policy research. The institute concentrates on the public policy questions of the day. The institute is non-partisan and tries to bridge the gap between theory and practice in public policy. Its current research includes: Arab media and politics, conflict resolution, drug policy, energy, health economics, homeland security and terrorism, international economics, religion and culture, science and technology policy, space policy, tax and expenditure policy, the Americas Project (Latin American policy), the Transnational China Project (Chinese culture and policy), urban studies, and the U.S.-Mexico Project (issues about the U.S. border with Mexico).
August 7, 2009