Why we place National Review as Establishment / Center-Right
National Review is the institutional home of establishment American conservatism: free markets, constitutional principle, a hawkish foreign policy, and an explicit wariness of populist demagoguery. Buckley’s magazine ran an entire "Against Trump" issue in 2016, which is the center-right lens as we define it, the establishment right MAGA rebelled against.
Updated June 2026
What to expect from National Review
Free-market and constitutional argument, a hawkish internationalism, and criticism of the populist right as often as the left.
How the Establishment / Center-Right lens reads the news
Free markets, strong institutions, the establishment right. Read the full explainer on Establishment / Center-Right →
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