George W. Bush Presidential Center

"For anyone begrudging Caitlin Clark’s success, I’d just say this: A rising tide lifts all boats." — Christine Brennan, award-winning columnist for USA TODAY and commentator for CNN, ABC News, PBS NewsHour, and NPR Read more about women's sports and #CaitlinClark in the latest issue of The Catalyst: https://lnkd.in/gM6Eyj9G

NEW episode of The #Strategerist podcast: Ambassador Mark Green serves as President, Director, and CEO of The Wilson Center — a nonpartisan organization that provides research, analysis, and independent scholarship on global affairs. Before leading the Wilson Center, his distinguished career in public policy included key roles at USAID, the International Republican Institute, the McCain Institute, and four terms as a U.S. Representative for Wisconsin’s 8th District. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation during both the Obama and Trump Administrations. Ambassador Green joined host Andrew Kaufmann and the Bush Center’s Bill McKenzie at the Forum on Leadership to discuss the mission of the Wilson Center, the positive impact of U.S. foreign aid both at home and abroad, and the importance of healthy disagreement. Listen to the episode: https://lnkd.in/gBijgj5t

As China has come under scrutiny at this week’s NATO summit for aiding Russia’s war in #Ukraine, it’s all the more important for Americans to stay informed on the strengthening relationship between the two regimes. Save your seat for the upcoming Engage at the Bush Center presented by Nexpoint event on the Russia-China challenge. https://lnkd.in/gBTAgtRc

Lacey Beaty, 2021 Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program Scholar and Mayor of Beaverton, Oregon, shares ways to support veterans in our communities and the importance of collaboration across the aisle – a lesson that stayed with her from the Veteran Leadership Program. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/dDUjSFMp

Join Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) for a discussion with former North Korean diplomat Thae Yong-Ho on his new book, Passcode to the Third Floor: An Insider's Account of Life Among North Korea's Political Elite. Bush Institute's Christopher Walsh and Victor Cha will also be a part of this intriguing conversation. Save your seat for this event on July 24: https://lnkd.in/gy39nQSs

Read the NEW ISSUE of The Catalyst: Sports and Power, the deeper meaning of the games we play. This issue features articles with multimedalist and Olympics commentator Summer Sanders,  barrier-breaking columnist Christine Brennan, MIT's Shira Springer, Bush Institute's Anne Wicks, and more. The Catalyst is an online journal of ideas from the Bush Institute, and you can read it anytime, anywhere: https://lnkd.in/gbhHbTPY

The application to join the Presidential Leadership Scholars Class of 2025 is open through July 14! #PLScholars include veterans, educators, physicians, public servants, corporate professionals, and nonprofit leaders at the forefront of their industries who all have one thing in common – their mission to create positive impact and bridge divides. Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/exWm5_a

Critics and opponents of the Vladimir Putin regime risk loss of freedom and life in Russia, as evidenced by the examples of poisonings and assassinations involving journalist Anna Politkovskaya, Russian opposition figures Boris Nemtsov and Aleksei Navalny, and many more. Kara-Murza himself is the survivor of two near-fatal poisonings in 2015 and 2017 and still suffers from the effects of these attempts on his life. Here's what western leaders can do: https://lnkd.in/dMPaRi4K

"ARIA’s provisions and directives were clear: the authorized funds were intended for important regional security programs, economic and trade programs, and democracy and human rights initiatives. [...] Instead, the State Department directed funds to entirely different purposes, including for “birthing facilities in Bangladesh,” “natural resource management in the Philippines,” and “Vietnam’s Social Health Insurance policies,” as detailed in the GAO report. We can’t combat a belligerent Beijing with birthing facilities and health insurance – worthy as those efforts may be on their own." — Igor Khrestin, Bradford M. Freeman Managing Director of Global Policy at the Bush Institute Read more: https://lnkd.in/daM4fzyi

"Local journalists can create the kind of connections with their readers that polling shows builds trust in the media," says Bush Institute's Senior Editorial Advisor William McKenzie. Read more about the power of newspaper endorsements: https://lnkd.in/gNSb6UX6