From the fall of the Soviet Union to the Gulf War, the presidency of George H. W. Bush dealt with foreign policy challenges that would cement the post-Cold War order for a generation. This book brings together a distinguished collection of foreign policy practitioners career and political who participated in the unfolding of international events as part the Bush administration to provide insider perspective by the people charged with carrying them out. They shed new light on and analyze President Bushs role in world events during this historic period, his style of diplomacy, the organization and functioning of his foreign policy team, the consequences of his decisions, and his leadership skills. At a time when the old American-led post-World War II order is eroding or even collapsing, this book reminds readers of the difference American leadership in the world can make and how a president can manage a highly successful foreign policy.

Andrew S. Natsios served as Director of USAIDs Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) during the George H.W. Bush Administration, where he oversaw the U.S. relief effort in several humanitarian emergencies. Currently, he is an executive professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University and director of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs.

Andrew H. Card, Jr.was named Interim CEO of the George& Barbara Bush Foundation in June 2020. He continues to serve as Chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a non-profit organization dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world, a position he assumed in January 2018. Card has also held numerous positions at senior levels of government under three Presidents throughout the years, including Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, where Card became the second longest tenured White House Chief of Staff. Card served as Deputy Chief of Staff to President George H.W. Bush, as well as U.S. Secretary of Transportation, and served President Ronald Reagan as a Deputy Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs. He also served eight years in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Transforming our World: Introduction

Andrew Natsios

Chapter 1: Ten Foreign Policy Maxims of a Great President

James A. Baker III

Chapter 2: The Compassionate Realist: An Overview

Richard Haass

Chapter 3: The Accidental Diplomat: Staffing Foreign Policy

Chase Untermeyer

Chapter 4: Remaking of the NSC Staff: Bush, Scowcroft and Institutional Reform

Jane Holl Lute

Chapter 5: The End of the Cold War and the Reunification of Germany

Condoleezza Rice and Philip Zelikow

Chapter 6: President George H.W. Bush: A Stroke of Luck for Germany

Horst Teltschik

Chapter 7: President George H.W. Bushs China Policy

Douglas Paal

Chapter 8: This Will Not Stand: the Liberation of Kuwait

Robert Kimmitt

Chapter 9: George H.W. Bush: Politics and Realism in the Middle East

Dennis Ross

Chapter 10: Constructing the Alliance to Liberate Kuwait

Edward Djerejian

Chapter 11: Saving the Kurds: Humanitarian Intervention in Northern Iraq

Dayton Maxwell and Andrew Natsios

Chapter 12: President George H.W. Bushs Historic Contributions to Open Trade

Carla Hills

Chapter 13: President George H.W Bush and the United Nations

Thomas Pickering

Chapter 14: President George H.W Bush and the Exercise of U.S. Power for Human Rights and Humanitarian Purposes

Nancy Bearg

Chapter 15: Somalia Revisited: President Bush and Operation Restore Hope

James Kunder

Chapter 16: To Make Kinder the Face of the Nation and Gentler the Face of the World: Humanitarian Leadership During the Presidency of George H.W. Bush

Catherine Bertini

Chapter 17: The Morning After

Jean Becker