As we celebrate our 30th anniversary, TNI Editor Jacob Heilbrunn sits down with the former Secretary of State. Henry Kissinger August 19, 2015 126Printer-friendly version September-October 2015 The National Interest’s editor, Jacob Heilbrunn, spoke with Henry Kissinger in early July in New York. Jacob Heilbrunn: Why is realism today an embattled approach to foreign affairs,…
In a terrifying society, there is no place for truth or ideals Language socially engineers behavior. It was during this same week in 1949 (June 8), that George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” dystopian novel was made known to the world. His book was published after World War II and Nazism’s ruin and…
The Jihad Against the Jihadis How moderate Muslim leaders waged war on extremists—and won. September 11, 2001, was gruesome enough on its own terms, but for many of us, the real fear was of what might follow. Not only had Al Qaeda shown it was capable of sophisticated and ruthless attacks, but a far greater…
The Taliban leadership council again demanded that Western forces withdraw from Afghanistan and insisted it would reestablish the Islamic Emirates Before any peace or reconciliation with the Taliban can occur,the following must happen: 1.) elimination of Mullah Omar and other irreconcilable and ideological i.e. Al- qaeda-compromised Taliban leadership 2.) replacement of the Karzai regime with…