HOME ABOUT EVENTS PROGRAMS PUBLICATIONS VIDEOS EXPERTS CONTACT AND MEDIA AMERICA’S VOICE FOR STRATEGIC REALISM ABOUT THE CENTER Former President Richard Nixon established The Center for the National Interest in 1994 to serve as a voice for strategic realism in U.S. foreign policy. As he said at the time, “the United States has won the Cold War, but it has not yet won the peace.” Today, the Center seeks to stimulate debate, promote public understanding of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs, and define principled yet pragmatic policies to advance America’s national interest in the complex world of the twenty-first century. The Center for the National Interest’s work spans a broad range of critical relationships and foreign policy challenges including U.S. ties with major powers such as China, Russia, Japan and America’s European allies; regional security in Asia and the Middle East; national security issues including armed conflict, terrorism and nuclear non-proliferation; and energy and climate change. The Center also publishes the prominent foreign policy magazine The National Interest, available bi-monthly in print and daily online at www.nationalinterest.org. The Center is a non-partisan non-profit organization with a bi-partisan board of directors and advisory council. Its offices are in downtown Washington, DC. Originally a programmatically and substantively independent division of the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace Foundation, the Center for the National Interest was known as The Nixon Center until 2011, when it became a fully separate entity. The Center became the sole publisher of The National Interest in 2005 after serving as a partner in publishing the magazine since 2000, when National Affairs, Inc. sold the The National Interest. The National Interest was founded in 1985. The Center for the National Interest does not accept funding from foreign governments or their affiliates except in the case of recognized U.S. allies or partners. The Center does not and never has received funding from the Russian Federation or the People’s Republic of China, or from Russian or Chinese citizens, businesses, or organizations. Support the Center for the National Interest Subscribe to The National Interest Submit an article to The National Interest Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn Follow The National Interest on Twitter and Facebook JOIN US NOVEMBER-DECEMBER: THE GREAT GAME RETURNS SUBSCRIBE NOW TWEETS FOLLOW @CFTNI Henrik Larsen and Sten Rynning argue that the West can play on #Belarus’s fears that the country’s opportunity for… https://t.co/6vmFuRYckq @CFTNI "Rich countries are facing many problems, but two of the most concerning are the aging and shrinking of their labor… https://t.co/WLFv8U8xmX @CFTNI "Hopes that climate issues will transcend strategic issues, rather than be shaped by them, seems a nonstarter. What… https://t.co/rJAZ1TGdzW WATER CRISES, SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE AMERICAN POLICY AND CHANGING ALIGNMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST FEATURED PUBLICATIONS OUR EXPERTS "I’m not a big fan of think tanks, but this is a different one" - Richard Nixon Join us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter Subscribe to our newsletter © Center for the National Interest About the Center Events Programs Publications Experts Careers Contact and Media Requests Website by Cast From Clay