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National Security Journal

U.S. center-right (defense and national security focus)

Owned byAppears to be run by the 19FortyFive Group, a privately held U.S. company that publishes 19FortyFive. Harry J. Kazianis is president and editor-in-chief of both sites. Crunchbase lists the owner as 19FortyFive Group Corp. (Maryland). I could not confirm a detailed ownership structure.
FundingNot publicly detailed. It is a free-to-read website, so it most likely relies on digital advertising and syndication or traffic-driven revenue. I found no evidence of state funding or a disclosed major donor.
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Background

National Security Journal is closely tied to 19FortyFive, a defense and foreign-policy site that was relaunched in 2020 under Harry Kazianis. Kazianis is listed as president and editor-in-chief of both sites. He previously worked at the Center for the National Interest, a think tank founded by Richard Nixon that publishes the realist-leaning journal The National Interest, and he has written for conservative outlets such as The Daily Signal. The site's contributors include Brandon Weichert, a geopolitics author who also appears at 19FortyFive, and Harrison Kass, a lawyer and journalist who is a senior defense and national security writer. Its content is mostly explainers and analysis on weapons systems, military history, Russia, China and Iran, and it also publishes political pieces. Recent headlines include 'The Iran War Comes for JD Vance' and 'The Polls are Clear: Only Donald Trump Can Save Donald Trump', alongside items on Democrats possibly being overconfident about a 'blue wave', so its political coverage does not follow a single line. The overall tone leans hawkish and pro-defense and is generally sympathetic to a strong military. I could not verify the exact date or terms of the rebrand, the ownership structure, or the revenue sources, and the outlet's own descriptions have not been independently checked.

Sources

  1. Harrison Kass – National Security Journal
  2. Brandon J. Weichert – National Security Journal
  3. The Iran War Comes for JD Vance – National Security Journal
  4. The Polls are Clear: Only Donald Trump Can Save Donald Trump – National Security Journal
  5. 19FortyFive – Crunchbase
  6. About Us – 19FortyFive
  7. Harry J. Kazianis – National Security Journal
  8. Center for the National Interest – Wikipedia

Profile compiled 2026-10-22; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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