What's Next: 2021
Policy recommendations from the George W. Bush Institute
The Bush Institute serves as a place of ideas and action. Our philosophy is rooted in principles of freedom, opportunity, accountability, and compassion. Our role at the Bush Institute is to focus on policy, not politics, and proffer solutions to the challenges we are facing today and into the future.
Ensuring Opportunity and Strengthening Our Democracy
Expanding Opportunity: Federal Policy Agenda for Economic Mobility
by J.H. Cullum Clark
Expanding Opportunity: State and Local Policy Agenda for Economic Mobility
by J.H. Cullum Clark
Advancing Outcomes for Our Post-9/11 Veterans and Their Families
by Col. Matthew F. Amidon, USMCR
Disinformation: Democracies Require a Reliable Flow of Information
by William McKenzie
Central America: Promoting Prosperity with Targeted U.S. Trade Policy
by Matthew Rooney
Immigration: Building a System for Tomorrow
by Laura Collins
Reimagining School: Rethink the School Day and Year to Better Serve Students and Families
by Holly Kuzmich
State Data Systems: Worth the Legislative Investment to Connect Workforce and Education
by Anne Wicks and Justine Taylor-Raymond
Schools and COVID-19: Working Through and Beyond Education’s Greatest Challenge
by Anne Wicks and Eva Chiang, Ph.D.
Advancing Free Societies
We Still Have a Role to Play in Afghanistan
by Laura Collins and Natalie Gonnella-Platts
Democracy and Human Rights: America's Leadership Matters
by Nicole Bibbins Sedaca
U.S. Efforts to Protect Afghan Women and Girls
by Farhat Popal and Christopher Walsh
Global Health Priorities: Building on U.S. Global Health Engagement
by Crystal Cazier
Women and Girls: Investing in Women's Economic Empowerment
by Natalie Gonnella-Platts and Farhat Popal
North Korea: Denuclearization Is Not Possible Without an Improvement in Human Rights
by Victor Cha and Lindsay Lloyd
Women and Girls: Supporting Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Natalie Gonnella-Platts and Crystal Cazier
