Irving Kristol, often described as the godfather of neoconservatism, came up with the notion about three years ago. The Public Interest (circ. 12,000), the neocon-servative quarterly devoted to domestic issues that he helped found 20 years ago, had shown that it could attract an in-tensely loyal audience. So why not start a similar journal on foreign policy? This week Kristol will test that idea when the National Interest hits the newsstands. The new quarterly, says Kristol, will provide a forum where conservatives "can argue with one another."
According to an editors' note in the premier issue, the National Interest makes three...