The National Interest

The National Interest

Winter 1995/96 cover
Editor	Jacob Heilbrunn (since July 2013)
Man. Editor	Harry Kazianis (since July 2013)
Categories	International affairs
Frequency	Bi-monthly
Founder	Irving Kristol
First issue	1985
Company	National Affairs, Inc. (1985–2001) Center for the National Interest (2001–present)
Country	United States
Website	nationalinterest.org
ISSN	0884-9382

The National Interest (TNI) is an American bi-monthly international affairs magazine published by the Center for the National Interest. It is associated with the realist school of foreign policy thought. It was founded in 1985 by Irving Kristol and until 2001 was edited by Anglo-Australian Owen Harries. The National Interest is not restricted in content to "foreign policy" in the narrow, technical sense but attempts to pay attention to broad ideas and the way in which cultural and social differences, technological innovations, history, and religion impact the behavior of states.

TNI has an international readership, and excerpts from its articles have been published in The New York Times, the Financial Times, The Australian, International Herald Tribune, Shin Dong-A, The Spectator, and Austria's Europäische Rundschau, as well as on online sites such as the Russian InoSMI.ru.

In 2006, the magazine adopted a new, glossier cover format, based around a central image and tagline, making it look more like the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs or Foreign Policy as opposed to the staid, text-only covers of Foreign Affairs or Commentary. The magazine also added daily online content to its website.

Since July 2013, the magazine's editor has been Jacob Heilbrunn. The Advisory Council was chaired by James Schlesinger until his death in 2014. The magazine's honorary chairman is Henry Kissinger. Dimitri K. Simes is the Publisher, while Paul J. Saunders is the Associate Publisher.