foreign policy
noun
: the policy of a sovereign state in its interaction with other sovereign states
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The true measure of this foreign policy doctrine will ultimately depend on how these relationships and decisions unfold in 2026.
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
So too have Putin's top foreign policy aide Yuriy Ushakov and Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Kirill Dmitriev, both of whom have served as negotiating envoys for Moscow.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2025
Trump’s abandonment of traditional American foreign policy has profound implications for the evolving world order and for all countries that have relied so heavily on the United States for decades.
—Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
President Trump’s new national security strategy redefines our nation’s foreign policy for a new age of American global hegemony in which U.S. interests are paramount.
—Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
So too have Putin's top foreign policy aide Yuriy Ushakov and Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Kirill Dmitriev, both of whom have served as negotiating envoys for Moscow.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2025
Trump’s abandonment of traditional American foreign policy has profound implications for the evolving world order and for all countries that have relied so heavily on the United States for decades.
—Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
President Trump’s new national security strategy redefines our nation’s foreign policy for a new age of American global hegemony in which U.S. interests are paramount.
—Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Foreign policy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20policy. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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