It is rare for diplomacy to be practiced according to morality and not national self-interest, he said.

For Americans, tactical disputes over missiles should give way to a higher priority - national self-interest.

Once again, national self-interest is making European unity much easier to talk about than achieve.

It prioritizes national self-interest over the interest of other nations or the international community.

By 1916 a new factor was emerging-a sense of national self-interest and nationalism.

Europe must regain a sense of European Union rather than national self-interest!

It is time to move beyond national self-interest towards greater convergence.

This is certainly the kind of issue in which national self-interest can be harmful.

Many people mentioned the need to give up national self-interest.

The canal would be a priority for our national self-interest.