foreign policy
noun
: the policy of a sovereign state in its interaction with other sovereign states
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The goal was to push scholarship toward topics that could inform domestic and foreign policy.
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Time, 20 May 2025
The race is not only for the presidency, an office with the power to influence foreign policy and veto laws.
—Vanessa Gera, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
What to Know Khamenei's remarks on Saturday underscored his enduring hostility toward U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and portrayed Washington as a destabilizing force.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Rather than following a foreign policy that ignores values altogether, Trump has a clear preference for values that are, in the American context, historically anomalous or—to put it in less neutral terms—bad.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
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Time, 20 May 2025
The race is not only for the presidency, an office with the power to influence foreign policy and veto laws.
—Vanessa Gera, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
What to Know Khamenei's remarks on Saturday underscored his enduring hostility toward U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and portrayed Washington as a destabilizing force.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Rather than following a foreign policy that ignores values altogether, Trump has a clear preference for values that are, in the American context, historically anomalous or—to put it in less neutral terms—bad.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for foreign policy
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“Foreign policy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20policy. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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