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A Bold Vision For Peace and Prosperity in the Middle East

A Bold Vision For Peace and Prosperity in the Middle East
28.01.2025 5

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Is Donald Trump a Great President?

Is Donald Trump a Great President?

Is Donald Trump a great president? That’s the question posed by John F. Harris in Politico, less in the spirit of endorsing Trump than suggesting...

24.01.2025 10

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Is Donald Trump a Great President?

Is Donald Trump a Great President?
21.01.2025 3

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Is Elon Musk Running the GOP?

Team Trump is scrambling to control the fallout from Elon Musk almost singlehandedly terminating a stopgap spending bill that would have ensured...

20.12.2024 3

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

PODCAST: The Fall of Syria's Assad Regime (w/ Greg Priddy)

In this episode, Jacob Heilbrunn speaks with Greg Priddy, a Senior Fellow for the Middle East at the Center for the National Interest. Priddy...

09.12.2024 3

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

The Dangerous Assault Against Moroccan Publisher Ahmed Charai

Ahmed Charai, who is the owner of Global Media Holding, the publisher of the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune (where I am an editor-at-large), and a...

27.11.2024 2

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

PODCAST: Trump's Second-Term Blueprint (w/ Daniel McCarthy)

As President-elect Donald Trump moves to build his second administration, will he follow the Reaganite path of smaller government and lower taxes,...

07.11.2024 1

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Donald Trump Wins: Can He Deliver 'A Golden Age' for America?

With his triumph against Vice President Kamala Harris, Donald Trump is being likened to Grover Cleveland, the first Democrat elected after the...

06.11.2024 4

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

VIDEO: Who Should Answer the 3 AM Phone Call—Donald Trump or Kamala Harris?

Voters will have to consider key factors, from each candidate's approach to the economy to the looming confrontation with the quartet of China,...

01.11.2024 1

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

The Capitulation of The Washington Post

Seldom do editorials make the news. However, The Washington Post, following in the footsteps of The Los Angeles Times , has managed to accomplish...

25.10.2024 1

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Is Donald Trump Really a Fascist?

Last night, Kamala Harris appeared on NBC in an interview with Hallie Jackson. After covering a wide swath of territory, from abortion to...

23.10.2024 1

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Kamala Harris Has a Secret Weapon: Liz Cheney

Donald Trump has been referring to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as prime representatives of the “enemy...

22.10.2024 5

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Why Is Michael Gove Supporting Kamala Harris?

Michael Gove, the new editor of the London Spectator and former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, has waded into American electoral waters in...

18.10.2024 2

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Donald Trump's Rhetoric Could Cost Him the Election

Leave it to Donald Trump to insult the city that he’s speaking in. Trump is never short of disparaging references, but in dissing the motor city he...

11.10.2024 7

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Kamala Harris Could Win the Election in a "Rout"

When Vice President Kamala Harris drank a Miller High Life beer with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday, she did not prematurely celebrate a victory over...

09.10.2024 2

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

VIDEO: The Middle East One Year After October 7

On Monday, October 7, The National Interest hosted an expert panel discussion featuring: — Greg Priddy, a Senior Fellow for the Middle East at the...

07.10.2024 2

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Donald Trump's January 6 Nightmare Is Back

January 6 is back. It began when Donald Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance, refused to acknowledge at the end of his debate with Tim Walz that Trump...

04.10.2024 3

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Podcast: Iran’s Ballistic Missile Attack on Israel (w/ Zalmay Khalilzad)

On Tuesday evening, Iran launched hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israel in what appears to be a direct response to Israel's actions in Lebanon...

01.10.2024 2

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

The 1 Question America Needs Kamala Harris To Answer

In his address to the United Nations, President Joe Biden tried to strike an optimistic note. He stated that Russian President Vladmir Putin’s...

24.09.2024 3

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Donald Trump Seems Destined to Self Destruct

Donald Trump was angry. “With all I have done for Israel, I received only 24 percent of the Jewish vote,” he said on Thursday. “I really...

20.09.2024 3

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Is Donald Trump Running a “Lazy” Campaign?

Will the race go to the Swift? It seems that Taylor Swift is the favorite candidate for the presidency of Democrats and Independents. The New York...

19.09.2024 2

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Why the Donald Trump Shooting Won't Change the Presidential Race

There was no time to waste. Former President Donald Trump sent out a fundraising appeal within hours of being targeted by an alleged shooter armed...

16.09.2024 3

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Podcast: Kamala Harris Takes the Fight to Donald Trump (w/ Harry Kazianis)

On Tuesday night, former President Donald Trump faced Vice President Kamala Harris for their first and likely only debate of the 2024 election...

12.09.2024 1

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Dominated: How Kamala Harris Took the Fight to Donald Trump

It wasn’t a study in sartorial contrasts—he wore blue, she wore black—but in emotional ones. Vice President Kamala Harris was calm and composed,...

11.09.2024 3

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Dominated: How Kamala Harris Took the Fighter to Donald Trump

It wasn’t a study in sartorial contrasts—he wore blue, she wore black—but in emotional ones. Vice President Kamala Harris was calm and composed,...

11.09.2024 3

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Conservatives Are Fighting Over Ronald Reagan’s Legacy. They Overlook What Made Him So Successful.

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Jacob Heilbrunn Mr. Heilbrunn is the editor of The National Interest and a nonresident senior fellow at...

31.08.2024 5

The New York Times

Jacob Heilbrunn

Kamala Harris 2.0 Is A Clear Threat to Donald Trump

The contrast between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris could hardly have been starker than on Thursday evening at the Democratic National Convention...

23.08.2024 1

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Project 2025: The Real Star of the Democratic Convention?

It was back to the future on Tuesday night as Michelle and Barack Obama spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The former was the...

21.08.2024 1

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Donald Trump's Path to Self-Destruction

In her novel Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen has Mary Bennett, the most overtly intellectual of Mr. Bennet’s five daughters, reflect upon the...

13.08.2024 1

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Does the Tim Walz Pick Matter?

When Donald Trump picked JD Vance as his running mate, he whiffed. Overconfident in victory, he doubled down on the MAGA base. Has Kamala Harris...

07.08.2024 4

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Does the Walz Pick Matter?

When Donald Trump picked JD Vance as his running mate, he whiffed. Overconfident in victory, he doubled down on the MAGA base. Has Kamala Harris...

07.08.2024 1

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Was the Prisoner Swap with Russia a Bad Idea?

Is the prisoner exchange with Russian President Vladimir Putin a pact with the devil in the name of humanity? That is what one leading German...

02.08.2024 1

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Donald Trump Should Worry: Kamala Harris Is No Pushover

There has not been anything weird about Kamala Harris’ rollout of her campaign for the presidency. She’s moved swiftly to consolidate control over...

31.07.2024 5

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

JD Vance Could Get Dumped by Donald Trump. He Needs to Listen to Nixon

The 39-year-old Republican vice-presidential nominee was reeling. After a heady beginning, he was suddenly mired in national controversy as the...

26.07.2024 1

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Could Donald Trump Dump JD Vance?

As a presidential candidate in 2016, Donald Trump said that he would hire “only the best people in the world” to serve in his administration. If...

23.07.2024 3

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Joe Biden Quits and Kamala Harris Enters the Ring

Donald Trump is not going to get the presidential race that he thought he deserved. The Trump campaign had devoted its energies to depicting...

22.07.2024 8

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Podcast: Who Is J.D. Vance? (w/ Harry Kazianis)

On Monday, Donald Trump announced Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his 2024 running mate. A recent convert to the MAGA movement, Vance has championed...

17.07.2024 1

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn

Trump Picks JD Vance: America First On Steroids Has Arrived

So much for the notion that Donald Trump will pursue a kinder, gentler approach to the presidential race. In selecting JD Vance, Trump has doubled...

16.07.2024 3

The National Interest

Jacob Heilbrunn