 Winter 1995/96 cover | |
| Editor | Jacob Heilbrunn (since July 2013) |
|---|---|
| Categories | International affairs |
| Frequency | Bi-monthly |
| Founder | Irving Kristol |
| Founded | 1985 |
| First issue | 1985 |
| Company | National Affairs, Inc. (1985–2001) Center for the National Interest (2001–present) |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Website | nationalinterest |
| ISSN | 0884-9382 |
The National Interest (TNI) is an American bimonthlyinternational relations magazine edited by American journalist Jacob Heilbrunn and published by theCenter for the National Interest, apublic policythink tank based inWashington, D.C., that was established by formerU.S. PresidentRichard Nixon in 1994 as the Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom. The magazine is associated with therealist school ofinternational studies.[1]
Founded in 1985 by American columnist andneoconservatism advocateIrving Kristol, the magazine was until 2001 edited by Australian academicOwen Harries.[1]
In 2001, The National Interest was acquired by TheCenter for the National Interest, apublic policythink tank based in Washington, D.C., that was established by formerU.S. PresidentRichard Nixon on January 20, 1994, as the Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom.[2]
In 2005, ten editors ofThe National Interest resigned due to different viewpoints regarding the magazine's acquisition and with the larger editorial board. Those who left founded a separate journal,The American Interest.[3][4]
In 2013, RealClearWorld namedThe National Interest one of the Best World Opinion Websites.[5]
In January 2023, it shut down its print edition, which had dropped from 10,000 subscribers in the 1990s to around 2,000 subscribers.[6]
The National Interest is credited with introducing ideas like "the West and the rest" andgeoeconomics into public discourse.[3] Political scientistFrancis Fukuyama formulated his early political and philosophical thoughts on theend of history in the journal in 1989, where he argued that the worldwide spread ofliberal democracies andfree-marketcapitalism of theWest and its lifestyle might signal the end point of humanity's sociocultural evolution and become the final form of human government.[7][8][9] In 2005, Fukuyama left to foundThe American Interest, citing what he saw as excessiveinternational relations realism supported by theNixon Center.[3][4]
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