foreign policy
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nounDefinition of FOREIGN POLICY
: the policy of a sovereign state in its interaction with other sovereign states
First Known Use of FOREIGN POLICY
1804
foreign policy
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)General objectives that guide the activities and relationships of one state in its interactions with other states. The development of foreign policy is influenced by domestic considerations, the policies or behaviour of other states, or plans to advance specific geopolitical designs. Leopold von Ranke emphasized the primacy of geography and external threats in shaping foreign policy, but later writers emphasized domestic factors. Diplomacy is the tool of foreign policy, and war, alliances, and international trade may all be manifestations of it.
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