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  1. National interest

    The National Interest (TNI) is an American bimonthly international relations magazine edited by American journalist Jacob Heilbrunn and published by the Center for the National Interest, a public policy think tank based in Washington, D.C., that was established by former U.S. President Richard Nixon in 1994 as the Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom. The magazine is associated with the realist school of international studies.

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  1. National interest

    The national interest, often referred to by the French expression raison d'État, is a country's goals and ambitions whether economic, military, or cultural. The concept is an important one in international relations where pursuit of the national interest is the foundation of the realist school.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of national interest in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of national interest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of national interest in a Sentence

  1. Adam Jentleson:

    The Republican Senate refuses to hold hearings on [ Supreme Court nominee ] Judge [ Merrick ] Garland, refuses to fund the President’s request for Zika aid and takes the most days off of any The Republican Senate since 1956, but thinks Facebook hearings are a matter of urgent national interest.

  2. David Gauke:

    Sometimes there is a point where Labour Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer have to judge between Labour Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer own personal interests and the national interest, and the national interest has to come first, but I hope it doesn't come to that.

  3. Philip Hammond:

    I've been in parliament for 22 years and I have never once voted against the Conservative whip so it's not something I would do lightly or enthusiastically. But I am very clear that the national interest trumps the party interest, if I am presented with a difficult choice I will act in what I believe is the best interest of this country.

  4. Foreign Minister Park:

    I think we need to break the vicious cycle for the people in terms of national interest without neglecting such a prolonged strained relationship between South Korea and Japan.

  5. Immigration Studies analyst Jessica Vaughan:

    We're creating a group of sort of pseudo citizens who live overseas, but can take advantage of the fact that they are U.S. citizens on paper, there is no question this is a threat to our national interest at worst. At best, it is something very distasteful because it cheapens U.S. citizenship.


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