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A Weekly Digest from the Bush Center
February 4, 2022
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A signboard for TotalEnergies EP Myanmar is seen past a shuttered gate in Yangon on January 22, 2022, after energy giants TotalEnergies and Chevron said they would leave the country. (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
By leaving Burma, international energy giants show ethical leadership
By Kenneth Hersh, President and CEO at the Bush Center
TotalEnergies and Chevron’s announcement that they’re exiting Burma to protest human rights abuses against Burmese civilians is the private sector equivalent of economic sanctions – and it was the right thing to do.
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Opportunity is easier to find in some cities than others. What can we learn from the success stories?
Cullum Clark, Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative
Keep NATO’s door open to Ukraine
David J. Kramer, Managing Director of Global Policy at the Bush Institute, and Eric S. Edelman, former U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy
As real estate prices remain sky high, renting is becoming more expensive than owning a home
Two-Minute Take with Cullum Clark, Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative
Fewer students are enrolling in college each year. What does this mean?
Two-Minute Take with Justine Taylor-Raymond, Deputy Director of the Education Reform Initiative at the Bush Institute
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Join a panel discussion on the current state of civil rights in America
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Op-ed by David J. Kramer, Managing Director of Global Policy at the Bush Institute
A year in review of Secretary Bob McDonald’s fellowship at the Bush Institute
Colonel Matt Amidon, Director of the Military Service Initiative at the Bush Institute
Applications open for Bush Institute’s North Korea Freedom Scholarship
Scholarships help North Korean escapees pursue educational opportunities
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