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Director, Global Policy George W. Bush Institute
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February 19, 2026
Published today, the latest edition of The Catalyst: A Journal of Ideas from the Bush Institute, commemorates America’s 250th birthday. Contributors – who range from former refugees and a current Dreamer to diplomats, political strategists, and even a rancher– reflect on what the country means to them and why the idea of the United States continues to matter. Together, they paint a portrait of a place that Abraham Lincoln called “the last best hope of earth.”