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The '''Center for the National Interest''' is a [[Washington, D.C.]]-based [[public policy]] [[think tank]]. It was established by former [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Richard Nixon]] on January 20, 1994, as the '''Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom'''.<ref>[http://www.nixoncenter.org/index.cfm?action=showpage&page=missionstatement The Nixon Center: Mission statement] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014212656/http://www.nixoncenter.org/index.cfm?action=showpage&page=missionstatement |date=October 14, 2008 }}</ref>
The '''Center for the National Interest''' is a [[Washington, D.C.]]-based [[public policy]] [[think tank]]. It was established by former [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Richard Nixon]] on January 20, 1994, as the '''Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom'''.<ref>[http://www.nixoncenter.org/index.cfm?action=showpage&page=missionstatement The Nixon Center: Mission statement] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014212656/http://www.nixoncenter.org/index.cfm?action=showpage&page=missionstatement |date=October 14, 2008 }}</ref>


The group changed its name to '''The Nixon Center''' in 1998. In 2001 the center acquired ''[[The National Interest]]'', a bimonthly journal, in which it tends to promote the [[Realism (international relations)|realist perspective on foreign policy]].<ref name="Battle-splits">{{Cite news |last=Kirkpatrick |first=David D. |date=2005-03-13 |title=Battle Splits Conservative Magazine |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/weekinreview/battle-splits-conservative-magazine.html |access-date=2020-09-10 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
The group changed its name to '''The Nixon Center''' in 1998. In 2001 the center acquired ''[[The National Interest]]'', a bimonthly journal, in which it tends to promote the [[Realism (international relations)|realist perspective on foreign policy]].<ref name="Battle-splits">{{Cite news |last=Kirkpatrick |first=David D. |date=2005-03-13 |title=Battle Splits Conservative Magazine |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/weekinreview/battle-splits-conservative-magazine.html |access-date=2020-09-10 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Its CEO for nearly 30 years was [[Dimitri Simes|Dimitri K. Simes]], who retired at the end of 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lippman |first=Daniel |last2=Ward |first2=Alexander |last3=Berg |first3=Matt |last4= |first4= |title=Money problems hit right-leaning foreign policy magazine |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2023/01/06/money-problems-hit-right-leaning-foreign-policy-magazine-00076760 |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=[[Politico]] |language=en}}</ref>


In March 2011, the center was renamed the Center for the National Interest (CFTNI or CNI).<ref>{{cite web|title=Center for the National Interest|url=http://www.cftni.org/index-2.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815233028/http://cftni.org/index-2.html|archive-date=2011-08-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/29/mueller-report-jared-kushner-dmitri-simes-russia-1291392|title = Mueller report reveals Kushner's contacts with a 'pro-Kremlin' campaign adviser|website = [[Politico]]}}</ref> The change was due to a conflict between leadership of the Center and the Richard Nixon Family Foundation and was part of "a long-running battle over former President Richard Nixon’s complicated legacy," with Foundation members criticizing the center's president for "attacking their party’s presidential candidate, John McCain, for his denunciations of Russia’s invasion of Georgia," and "discomfort at the Center over the Foundation’s obsession with re-litigating Watergate and its legacy."<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Ben |date=April 19, 2011 |title=Nixon's name |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/ben-smith/2011/04/nixons-name-035131 |access-date=2021-02-23 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref> Despite its separation from the Nixon Foundation, the center's leadership expressed its desire to "continue its forward-looking application of Nixon's foreign policy principles to today's international environment."<ref>{{cite web |title=Nixon Center Becomes Center for the National Interest |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nixon-center-becomes-center-for-the-national-interest-117654558.html}}</ref>
In March 2011, the center was renamed the Center for the National Interest (CFTNI or CNI).<ref>{{cite web|title=Center for the National Interest|url=http://www.cftni.org/index-2.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815233028/http://cftni.org/index-2.html|archive-date=2011-08-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/29/mueller-report-jared-kushner-dmitri-simes-russia-1291392|title = Mueller report reveals Kushner's contacts with a 'pro-Kremlin' campaign adviser|website = [[Politico]]}}</ref> The change was due to a conflict between leadership of the Center and the Richard Nixon Family Foundation and was part of "a long-running battle over former President Richard Nixon’s complicated legacy," with Foundation members criticizing the center's president for "attacking their party’s presidential candidate, John McCain, for his denunciations of Russia’s invasion of Georgia," and "discomfort at the Center over the Foundation’s obsession with re-litigating Watergate and its legacy."<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Ben |date=April 19, 2011 |title=Nixon's name |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/ben-smith/2011/04/nixons-name-035131 |access-date=2021-02-23 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref> Despite its separation from the Nixon Foundation, the center's leadership expressed its desire to "continue its forward-looking application of Nixon's foreign policy principles to today's international environment."<ref>{{cite web |title=Nixon Center Becomes Center for the National Interest |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nixon-center-becomes-center-for-the-national-interest-117654558.html}}</ref>

Revision as of 12:33, 31 January 2023

Center for the National Interest
FounderRichard Nixon
Established1994
FocusForeign policy
Staff18
SubsidiariesThe National Interest
Formerly calledNixon Center for Peace and Freedom
Address1025 Connecticut Ave NW, S-1200
Washington, DC 20036
Location
United States
Coordinates38°54′12″N 77°02′21″W / 38.9033°N 77.0393°W / 38.9033; -77.0393
Websitecftni.org

The Center for the National Interest is a Washington, D.C.-based public policy think tank. It was established by former U.S. President Richard Nixon on January 20, 1994, as the Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom.[1]

The group changed its name to The Nixon Center in 1998. In 2001 the center acquired The National Interest, a bimonthly journal, in which it tends to promote the realist perspective on foreign policy.[2] Its CEO for nearly 30 years was Dimitri K. Simes, who retired at the end of 2022.[3]

In March 2011, the center was renamed the Center for the National Interest (CFTNI or CNI).[4][5] The change was due to a conflict between leadership of the Center and the Richard Nixon Family Foundation and was part of "a long-running battle over former President Richard Nixon’s complicated legacy," with Foundation members criticizing the center's president for "attacking their party’s presidential candidate, John McCain, for his denunciations of Russia’s invasion of Georgia," and "discomfort at the Center over the Foundation’s obsession with re-litigating Watergate and its legacy."[6] Despite its separation from the Nixon Foundation, the center's leadership expressed its desire to "continue its forward-looking application of Nixon's foreign policy principles to today's international environment."[7]

According to the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report (Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania), the center is number 43 (of 60) in the "Top Think Tanks in the United States".[8] According to the 2019 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report, the center is number 46 (of 107) in the "Top Think Tanks in the United States".[9] In 2006 it had an annual budget of $1.6 million.[10][needs update]

In 2016, the think tank hosted Donald Trump's first major foreign policy address, leading to one of its fellows being fired for criticizing the organization's decision in an op-ed article.[11][12][13] The Trump campaign's interactions with Simes and the Center became part of the 2017-2019 Special Counsel investigation.[14][15][16] The Mueller report ultimately found no evidence of wrongdoing by Simes or the center, but the investigation reportedly hurt the think tank financially.[15]

Organization

As of 2008, the center had a staff of approximately twenty people supporting seven main programs: Korean Studies, Energy Security and Climate Change, Strategic Studies, US-Russia Relations, U.S.-Japan Relations, China and the Pacific, and Regional Security (Middle East, Caspian Basin and South Asia).[17][18][needs update]

As of 2022, the Board of directors consisted of Henry Kissinger, as Honorary Chairman and Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman Emeritus Drew Guff, Chairman, Richard Plepler and Dov Zakheim, as Vice Chairman. Members include Senator Pat Roberts, Graham Allison, Jeffrey Bewkes, former ambassador Richard Burt, Kris Elftmann, Jacob Heilbrunn, David Keene, former ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Grover Norquist, William Ruger, Paul J. Saunders, Dimitri K. Simes, J. Robinson West and David Zalaznick.[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ The Nixon Center: Mission statement Archived October 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Kirkpatrick, David D. (2005-03-13). "Battle Splits Conservative Magazine". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  3. ^ Lippman, Daniel; Ward, Alexander; Berg, Matt. "Money problems hit right-leaning foreign policy magazine". Politico. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  4. ^ "Center for the National Interest". Archived from the original on 2011-08-15.
  5. ^ "Mueller report reveals Kushner's contacts with a 'pro-Kremlin' campaign adviser". Politico.
  6. ^ Smith, Ben (April 19, 2011). "Nixon's name". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  7. ^ "Nixon Center Becomes Center for the National Interest".
  8. ^ James G. McGann (Director) (February 4, 2015). "2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report". Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  9. ^ McGann, James (2020-06-18). "2019 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report". TTCSP Global Go to Think Tank Index Reports. doi:10.4324/9780429298318. ISBN 9780429298318. S2CID 188102746.
  10. ^ Abelson 2006, p. 238 (Appendix One, Table AI.2).
  11. ^ Haberman, Maggie (2016-04-21). "Group Founded by Richard Nixon to Host Foreign Policy Address by Donald Trump". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  12. ^ Hudson, John. "Exclusive: Think Tank Fires Employee Who Questioned Ties to Donald Trump". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  13. ^ Kirchick, James (2016-04-27). "Donald Trump's Russia connections". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  14. ^ Bertr, Natasha. "Mueller report reveals Kushner's contacts with a 'pro-Kremlin' campaign adviser". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  15. ^ a b "The Unexpected Costs of Cooperating With the Mueller Investigation". Bloomberg.com. 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  16. ^ Times, The New York (2019-04-18). "Read the Mueller Report: Searchable Document and Index". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  17. ^ Abelson 2006, p. 89; The Nixon Center 2008, Nixon Center programs Archived September 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 9-29-2008.
  18. ^ "Time to Accept North Korea As a Nuclear Weapons State? – Center for the National Interest". cftni.org. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  19. ^ "Board of Directors – Center for the National Interest". cftni.org. Retrieved 2022-07-14.

Further reading

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