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| Editor | Yuval Levin |
|---|---|
| Categories | public policy |
| Frequency | quarterly |
| Publisher | National Affairs, Inc. |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | nationalaffairs |
| ISSN | 2150-6469 |
| OCLC | 430491407 |
National Affairs is a quarterly magazine in the United States about political affairs that was first published in September 2009. Its founding editor,Yuval Levin, and authors are typically considered to beconservative andright-wing.[1][2][3] The magazine is published byNational Affairs, Inc., which previously published the magazinesThe National Interest (1985–2001) andThe Public Interest (1965–2005). National Affairs, Inc., was originally run byIrving Kristol, and featured board members such as formerSecretary of StateHenry Kissinger, formerambassador to the United NationsJeane Kirkpatrick, and authorCharles Murray.[citation needed]
In the editorial in the inaugural issue, editorYuval Levin elaborated on the magazine's mission: "National Affairs will have a point of view, but not a party line. It will begin from confidence and pride in America, from a sense that our challenge is to build on our strengths to address our weaknesses, and from the conviction that chief among those strengths are ourdemocratic capitalism, our ideals of liberty and equality under the law, and our roots in the longstanding traditions of theWest. We will seek to cultivate an open-mindedempiricism, a decent respect for the awesome complexity of life in society, and a healthy skepticism of the serenetechnocratic confidence that is too often the dominant flavor of social science and public policy. And we will take politics seriously". The editorial expresses gratitude to the editors ofThe Public Interest, and notes that "the complete archives ofThe Public Interest are available for the first time" on its website.[4]
On September 7, 2009,David Brooks of theNew York Times reviewed the first issue. He wrote that "The Public Interest closed in 2005", leaving "a gaping hole. Fortunately, a new quarterly magazine calledNational Affairs is starting up today to continue the work." Brooks continued by noting that the magazine occupied "the bloody crossroads where social science and public policy meet matters of morality, culture and virtue". "In a world of fever swamp politics and arid, overly specialized expertise," Brooks wrote in his closing, "National Affairs arrives at just the right time."[5]
National Affairs "makes its home at theAmerican Enterprise Institute."[6]
I would say [National Affairs] is neoconservative in the original sense—in that it tries to be empirical about what works rather than whose ideology we most agree with.
National Affairs is a quarterly journal of essays about domestic policy, political economy, society, culture, and political thought. It aims to help Americans think a little more clearly about our public life, and rise a little more ably to the challenge of self-government."
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