foreign policy
noun
: the policy of a sovereign state in its interaction with other sovereign states
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As if things could not get worse, the burning wreckage from an ill-conceived and failed US rescue attempt was put on full display and the visible proof of America’s declined and decrepit foreign policy was international front-page news.
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Bill Keane, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
Richard Grenell, the longtime Republican foreign policy adviser who oversaw changes at the Kennedy Center that prompted many artists to abandon the iconic performing arts venue, will step down as the institution's president.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
No one had elected them to set foreign policy.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Kim has made Russia the priority of his foreign policy, sending thousands of troops and large amounts of military equipment to support Moscow’s war in Ukraine, possibly in exchange for aid and military technology.
—ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
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Bill Keane, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
Richard Grenell, the longtime Republican foreign policy adviser who oversaw changes at the Kennedy Center that prompted many artists to abandon the iconic performing arts venue, will step down as the institution's president.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
No one had elected them to set foreign policy.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Kim has made Russia the priority of his foreign policy, sending thousands of troops and large amounts of military equipment to support Moscow’s war in Ukraine, possibly in exchange for aid and military technology.
—ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
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“Foreign policy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20policy. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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