Getting Ukraine Right
2025 Policy Recommendations
A path forward on domestic and foreign policy challenges
The George W. Bush Institute is committed to fostering positive, meaningful, and lasting change at home and abroad. As a nonpartisan organization, our role is to proffer solutions to the challenges our lawmakers are facing today and into the future.
Advancing Free Societies
Countering the China, Russia, Iran, North Korea Challenge
Ensuring PEPFAR's success beyond 2030
Reprioritizing engagement in Africa
Economic Statecraft: The United States Must Bolster Its Economic Tools to Enhance National Security
Ensuring Opportunity for All
Reforming Our Immigration System to Maximize America's Potential
America's Housing Crisis: A Federal Policy Agenda for Expanding Supply and Affordability
Tackling Migration: Strengthening Democracy in the Western Hemisphere
Assessments Play an Important Role in Serving Students
Strong Public Schools Need Strong Accountability Policy
Helping Veterans Achieve Their Potential With Higher Education Resources
Trade and Industrial Policy for All Americans: A Federal Agenda to Expand Opportunity and Strengthen National Security
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Ken Hersh
President and Chief Executive Officer George W. Bush Presidential Center
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David J. Kramer
Executive Director, George W. Bush Institute and Vice President George W. Bush Presidential Center
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Igor Khrestin
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Anne Wicks
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Robin Berkley
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Deborah L. Birx, M.D.
Senior Fellow George W. Bush Institute
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J.H. Cullum Clark
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Laura Collins
Director, Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative George W. Bush Institute
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Jason Galui, Lieutenant Colonel, USA (Ret.)
Director, Veterans and Military Families George W. Bush Institute
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Natalie Gonnella-Platts
Director, Global Policy George W. Bush Institute
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Hannah Johnson
Senior Program Manager, Global Policy George W. Bush Institute
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Igor Khrestin
Bradford M. Freeman Managing Director, Global Policy George W. Bush Institute
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Joseph Kim
Research Fellow George W. Bush Institute
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David J. Kramer
Executive Director, George W. Bush Institute and Vice President George W. Bush Presidential Center
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Jessica Ludwig
Fellow, Global Policy George W. Bush Institute
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Albert Torres
Program Manager, Global Policy George W. Bush Institute
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Chris Walsh
Director, Global Policy George W. Bush Institute
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Anne Wicks
Don Evans Family Managing Director, Opportunity and Democracy George W. Bush Institute