foreign policy
noun
: the policy of a sovereign state in its interaction with other sovereign states
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The strategy seeks to amplify voices in support of Israel, targeting lawmakers deemed by CUFI to be most at risk of letting additional aid become a casualty of the far-right’s push for a more America First-minded foreign policy, the person familiar with the group’s plans said.
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Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
In fact, Section 702 is not the surveillance law that was used to target his former campaign foreign policy adviser.
—Alan Feuer, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Consistently top of mind for NPR listeners and readers are the often complicated questions related to gun violence, the economy, immigration, reproductive rights, healthcare, and U.S. foreign policy.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 12 Apr. 2024
Biden has sought to place greater foreign policy focus on the Pacific even while grappling with the fallout of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the grinding Israel-Hamas war.
—Aamer Madhani, Fortune Asia, 10 Apr. 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's foreign policy adviser, Ophir Falk, pushed back against claims that the attack on the WCK vehicles was intentional.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2024
Today, states like Texas are trying to blur the two areas of immigration policy, intruding on the power of the federal government to control the nation’s borders and to enforce federal immigration laws, with grave implications both for immigrants and for U.S. foreign policy.
—TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
The islands, which raise their own taxes but rely on the United Kingdom for defense and foreign policy, are one of 14 British Overseas Territories and have been under British rule since 1833.
—Abel Alvarado, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
There are many reasons that this has been (and should be) the case, not least of which is the rampant chaos of fifty states crafting their own rules and, as a result, interfering with U.S. foreign policy.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2024
Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
In fact, Section 702 is not the surveillance law that was used to target his former campaign foreign policy adviser.
—Alan Feuer, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Consistently top of mind for NPR listeners and readers are the often complicated questions related to gun violence, the economy, immigration, reproductive rights, healthcare, and U.S. foreign policy.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 12 Apr. 2024
Biden has sought to place greater foreign policy focus on the Pacific even while grappling with the fallout of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the grinding Israel-Hamas war.
—Aamer Madhani, Fortune Asia, 10 Apr. 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's foreign policy adviser, Ophir Falk, pushed back against claims that the attack on the WCK vehicles was intentional.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2024
Today, states like Texas are trying to blur the two areas of immigration policy, intruding on the power of the federal government to control the nation’s borders and to enforce federal immigration laws, with grave implications both for immigrants and for U.S. foreign policy.
—TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
The islands, which raise their own taxes but rely on the United Kingdom for defense and foreign policy, are one of 14 British Overseas Territories and have been under British rule since 1833.
—Abel Alvarado, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
There are many reasons that this has been (and should be) the case, not least of which is the rampant chaos of fifty states crafting their own rules and, as a result, interfering with U.S. foreign policy.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2024
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First Known Use
1804, in the meaning defined above
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