The American Interest

The magazine was founded in 2005 by a number of members of the editorial board of The National Interest, led by Francis Fukuyama, who opposed changes to that journal's editorial policy implemented by its new publisher, the Nixon Center.{{cite news|first=David D. |last=Kirkpatrick|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A03E4D7143CF930A25750C0A9639C8B63 |title=Battle Splits Conservative Magazine|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 13, 2005}}{{cite web|first=David |last=Glenn|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/quarrels-cause-resignations-at-the-national-interest-and-give-rise-to-plans-for-a-rival-journal/ |title=Quarrels Cause Resignations at 'The National Interest' and Give Rise to Plans for a Rival Journal|website=Chronicle of Higher Education|date=April 15, 2005}}

Several people formerly associated with The National Interest have been associated with The American Interest, including former National Interest editor Adam Garfinkle (the founding editor of The American Interest); Fukuyama, who serves as chairman of the journal's executive committee; Ruth Wedgwood, formerly a National Interest advisory council member and now an American Interest editorial board member; and Thomas M. Rickers, formerly the managing editor of The National Interest.The American Interest's [http://www.the-american-interest.com/ai2/mast.cfm Masthead] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223154347/http://the-american-interest.com/ai2/mast.cfm |date=December 23, 2008 }}[https://web.archive.org/web/20060105080446/http://www.nationalinterest.org/ME2/dirsect.asp?sid=DA27CB1341E141A18B2AB2A90A528FA5&nm=Staff+Directory Snapshot], via the Internet Archive, of The National Interest staff directory, January 5, 2006 In October 2018, Jeffrey Gedmin was appointed Editor-in-Chief.{{cite web |last1=Davidson |first1=Charles |title=An Important Announcement |url=https://www.the-american-interest.com/2018/10/23/an-important-announcement/ |website=The American Interest |date=23 October 2018}}

As of October 2, 2020, it announced that "due primarily to financing difficulties" it was "taking a hiatus from publishing new material".{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-american-interest.com/2020/10/02/letter-publisher/|title=A Letter to TAI's Subscribers and Readers|first=Charles|website=The American Interest|last=Davidson|date=2 October 2020}} Selected articles were kept available free online.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}

Writing in The American Prospect, Robert S. Boynton commented that "The American Interest represents a new and fascinating sun in the expanding galaxy of opponents of Bush administration policy."{{cite web|first=Robert S. |last=Boynton|url=http://prospect.org/article/neocon-who-isnt |title=The Neocon Who Wasn't|website=The American Prospect|date=September 18, 2005}}

Contributors to the journal were predominantly established (rather than up-and-coming) commentators known for their expertise in international affairs, global strategy, and military matters. In addition to Fukuyama, Garfinkle, and other magazine staffers, the major contributors included:The American Interest{{-'}}s [http://www.the-american-interest.com/ai2/backissues.cfm Back Issues page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220031933/http://www.the-american-interest.com/ai2/backissues.cfm |date=December 20, 2008 }}

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• Andrew J. Bacevich
• Stephen Biddle
• Diane Francis
• Niall Ferguson
• John Lewis Gaddis
• Mary R. Habeck
• Robert D. Kaplan
• Bernard-Henri Lévy
• Walter Russell Mead
• Andrew A. Michta
• Ralph Peters
• Robert Reich
• Dov Zakheim
• Josef Joffe
• William Galston

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• Current History
• Foreign Affairs
• Foreign Policy

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• [https://www.the-american-interest.com/ The American Interest website]

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