[338] Andrew Bacevich judges the Bush administration as "morally obtuse" in the light of its "business-as-usual" attitude towards China after the massacre in Tiananmen Square and its uncritical support of Gorbachev as the Soviet Union disintegrated.[339] David Rothkopf argues:

In the recent history of U.S. foreign policy, there has been no president, nor any president's team, who, when confronted with profound international change and challenges, responded with such a thoughtful and well-managed foreign policy....[the Bush administration was] a bridge over one of the great fault lines of history [that] ushered in a "new world order" it described with great skill and professionalism.[340]
Memorials, awards, and honors
Main article: List of awards and honors received by George H. W. Bush
The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on the west campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, 2011
In 1990, Time magazine named him the Man of the Year.[341] In 1997, the Houston Intercontinental Airport was renamed as the George Bush Intercontinental Airport.[342] In 1999, the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, was named the George Bush Center for Intelligence in his honor.