Publications

  • CFTNI Announces its 2021 Student Essay Contest

    The Center for the National Interest is proud to announce its 2021 Student Essay contest! Please see below for details and for information about how to participate: Prompt:  United States foreign policy is in a transitional period.  The principle that has animated our approach to the world since the end of the Cold War –

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  • The National Interest’s Korea Studies Team Releases New Report on Kim Pyong-il

    In April, rumors of Kim Jong-un’s untimely death made their rounds across the internet after the North Korean leader disappeared for a while from public view. One question appeared to be on everybody’s mind: who would take his place? Among those believed most likely to rise to the occasion was Kim Jong-un’s uncle, and former North Korean Ambassador to

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  • Seapower in Stormy Seas: The Future of American Naval Power in the 21st Century

    In 2019, the Center for the National Interest convened a series of seminars to investigate and expand on the challenges facing our nation and its Navy today. The Spring, our organization has produced a report examining the central findings of this seminar series, edited by Wallace C. Gregson (Senior Director, China and the Pacific at

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  • New Book: The Russia Trap: How Our Shadow War with Russia Could Spiral Into Nuclear Catastrophe

    The Center for the National Interest is pleased to announce the publication of a new book by Vice President & Director of Studies George Beebe entitled The Russia Trap: How Our Shadow War with Russia Could Spiral into Nuclear Catastrophe. George’s book offers sober analysis of America’s deteriorating relationship with Russia, describes the mistakes made

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  • New Report: Change and Continuity in Japan-Russia Relations: Implications for the United States

    The Center for the National Interest is pleased to announce the publication of Change and Continuity in Japan-Russia Relations: Implications for the United States. The report is edited by Paul J. Saunders, Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy at the Center for the National Interest and John S. Van Oudenaren, assistant director at the Center.

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