Recent Events
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New Poll: Majority Believe U.S. Foreign Policy Has Made Americans Less Safe Over Last 15 Years
On October 27, the Center for the National Interest and the Charles Koch Institute released a new poll of Americans’ attitudes toward U.S. foreign policy, including military intervention, defense spending, and other key issues. For details, please see the press release and the press release. The results of this polling was the subject of a story
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Publication of 2015-16 Young Leaders Fellows’ Papers
The Center for the National Interest is pleased to announce publication of final research papers by the resident and non-resident fellows of the 2015-16 National Interest Young Leaders Fellowship class. Below are links to each fellow’s paper. Rachel Bauman, Resident Fellow, “Combatting Cold War Tendencies and Rebuilding U.S.-Russian Relations” Jackson Busse, Non-Resident Fellow, “The US-ROK Alliance: Prospects
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Is Naval Conflict with China Inevitable?
On Wednesday, September 28, the Center for the National Interest hosted a panel discussion on naval conflict in the seas off of East Asia and U.S.-China relations. The panel included Seth Cropsey, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and Director of its Center for American Seapower; Jeff Smith, Director of Asian Security Programs at the American
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U.S.-Israel Relations and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
On September 27, the Center for the National Interest hosted a panel discussion on U.S.-Israel relations and the long-dormant peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, featuring speakers Dov Zakheim, a former undersecretary of defense (comptroller) and Center Vice Chairman, and Aaron David Miller, Vice President at the Woodrow Wilson Center and State Department analyst
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Meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif
The Center for the National Interest organized a small, off-the-record breakfast meeting with Mohammad Javad Zarif, foreign minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in New York City on September 26. The high-level group discussed U.S.-Iran relations in light of the historic nuclear deal, the Syrian civil war, and regional security issues.
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