In 1955, he helped William F. Buckley Jr. found "National Review" magazine, which from the start took positions in foreign policy consistent with Burnham's own. In the "National Review", he wrote a column titled "Third World War," which referred to the Cold War. Burnham became a lifelong contributor to the journal, and Buckley referred to him as "the number one intellectual influence on "National Review" since the day of its founding." His approach to foreign policy has caused some to regard him as the first "neoconservative," although Burnham's ideas have been an important influence on both the paleoconservative and neoconservative factions of the American Right.