Khaled Saffuri (Arabic: خالد صفوري; born in Lebanon) is an Arab-American political activist of Palestinian origin, and the founder of The National Interest Foundation.
In 2018, Saffuri founded The National Interest Foundation (NIF), a nonpartisan nonprofit think tank organization which is focused on bettering relationships between the United States and countries across the globe through the promotion of smarter foreign policy.
[citation needed][1] The National Interest Foundation (NIF) was founded in 2018 to promote freedom and democracy and expose the actions of repressive regimes in the Middle East and around the world.
The organizations hosts monthly lectures and an annual international conference on US foreign policy and human rights on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.
It also published weekly newsletters with analysis on human rights and democratic issues, primarily focusing on the Middle East.