foreign policy

noun

: the policy of a sovereign state in its interaction with other sovereign states

Examples of foreign policy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And on foreign policy, the Alabama senator claimed that the U.S. has retreated on the world stage, allowing adversaries like Russia and Iran to act without repercussions. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2024 The new deal with China marks a significant shift in Maldives’ foreign policy from Muizzu’s pro-India predecessor, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. Helen Regan, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024 Burns ended up confronting Putin remotely in early November, reaching him by phone in the resort town of Sochi from the Moscow office of the Russian President’s foreign policy adviser. TIME, 29 Feb. 2024 What are House Republicans’ arguments against Joe and Hunter Biden? House Republicans have long alleged Joe Biden influenced U.S. foreign policy to aid his family’s business affairs while financially benefiting himself from those dealings. USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2024 Exporting American ideals by promoting individual freedoms and fair treatment under the law has been part of U.S. foreign policy for decades. Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Review, 28 Feb. 2024 Hovde's campaign website shows his top issues are tackling inflation and national debt, immigration at the southern border, foreign policy and health care reform. Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024 In recent years, the U.S. foreign policy establishment has become more alert to matters of race. Naima Green-Riley, Foreign Affairs, 23 Feb. 2024 Sadly, this embrace of the greatest foreign policy mankind has ever conceived is under attack right now, and from all sides. John Tamny, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1804, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of foreign policy was in 1804

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“Foreign policy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20policy. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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