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Center for the National Interest

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Center for the National Interest
FounderRichard Nixon
Established1994
FocusForeign policy
PresidentDimitri Simes
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 conservative[1] Washington, D.C.-based public policy think tank. The Center was established by former U.S. President Richard Nixon on January 20, 1994, as the Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom.[2] 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. The Center's President is Dimitri K. Simes.

In March 2011, the center was renamed the Center for the National Interest (CFTNI or CNI).[3][4] The change was due to a conflict between leadership of the Center and the Richard Nixon Family Foundation. According to Politico, the Foundation's board of directors considered the Center in general and Simes in particular as "nothing less than an embarrassment to the Nixon family name [...] offering apologies for Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin and even attacking their party's presidential candidate, John McCain, for his denunciations of Russia's invasion of Georgia."[5] In 2016, the think tank hosted Donald Trump's first major foreign policy address, leading to one of its fellows being fired for raising objections.[6][7][8] At that time, Politico described the center and its publication, National Interest, as "two of the most Kremlin-sympathetic institutions in the nation’s capital",[8] and the Trump campaign's interactions with Simes and the Center became part of the 2017-2019 Special Counsel investigation.[9][10][11] Although the Mueller report found no evidence of wrongdoing by Simes or the Center, the investigation hurt the think tank financially.[10]

The center has 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).[12][13] In 2006 it had an annual budget of $1.6 million.[14] 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".[15] 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".[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Senate Panel Launches Bipartisan Probe Into Think Tank Linked To Butina, Torshin". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  2. ^ The Nixon Center: Mission statement Archived October 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Center for the National Interest". Archived from the original on 2011-08-15.
  4. ^ https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/29/mueller-report-jared-kushner-dmitri-simes-russia-1291392
  5. ^ Smith, Ben. "Nixon's name". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Hudson, John. "Exclusive: Think Tank Fires Employee Who Questioned Ties to Donald Trump". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  8. ^ a b "Donald Trump's Russia connections". POLITICO. 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  9. ^ Bertr, Natasha. "Mueller report reveals Kushner's contacts with a 'pro-Kremlin' campaign adviser". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  10. ^ a b "The Unexpected Costs of Cooperating With the Mueller Investigation". Bloomberg.com. 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Abelson 2006, p. 89; The Nixon Center 2008, Nixon Center programs Archived September 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 9-29-2008.
  13. ^ "Time to Accept North Korea As a Nuclear Weapons State? – Center for the National Interest". cftni.org. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  14. ^ Abelson 2006, p. 238 (Appendix One, Table AI.2).
  15. ^ James G. McGann (Director) (February 4, 2015). "2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report". Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  16. ^ McGann, James (2020-06-18). "2019 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report". TTCSP Global Go To Think Tank Index Reports.

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