foreign affairs
plural noun
: matters having to do with international relations and with the interests of the home country in foreign countries
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Markus Wiechel, a member of the Swedish Parliament since 2012 representing the Sweden Democrats, has a deep focus on foreign affairs.
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Markus Wiechel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
The Georgia representative has recently split with the president on a number of issues, including affordability and foreign affairs.
—Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Bureaucracies, institutions, and ministries of foreign affairs have all been losing stature, as ambitious, centralizing leaders—some charismatic, some authoritarian, some both—have emerged in many of the world’s biggest countries.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2025
The mass abduction at the Catholic school took place a day after a hearing on Nigeria by the US House of Representatives committee on foreign affairs.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
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Markus Wiechel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
The Georgia representative has recently split with the president on a number of issues, including affordability and foreign affairs.
—Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Bureaucracies, institutions, and ministries of foreign affairs have all been losing stature, as ambitious, centralizing leaders—some charismatic, some authoritarian, some both—have emerged in many of the world’s biggest countries.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2025
The mass abduction at the Catholic school took place a day after a hearing on Nigeria by the US House of Representatives committee on foreign affairs.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Foreign affairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20affairs. Accessed 11 Dec. 2025.
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