foreign affairs
plural noun
: matters having to do with international relations and with the interests of the home country in foreign countries
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Since the 9/11 attacks, Congress has granted the presidency more and more power over foreign affairs and declined to take any of it back, and the Supreme Court has been reluctant to provide any meaningful restraints.
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Elizabeth N. Saunders, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump held a 50-minute phone call Saturday to discuss the escalating situation in the Middle East and Ukraine peace talks, Putin’s foreign affairs advisor Yuri Ushakov said.
—Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
Aggressive nativism is a core plank of Trump’s world view, but his approach to foreign affairs is more complicated than this alone.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
Newsweek reached out to the Department of Defense and the foreign affairs ministries for both Greenland and Panama via email for comments.
—Andrew Stanton
jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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Elizabeth N. Saunders, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump held a 50-minute phone call Saturday to discuss the escalating situation in the Middle East and Ukraine peace talks, Putin’s foreign affairs advisor Yuri Ushakov said.
—Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
Aggressive nativism is a core plank of Trump’s world view, but his approach to foreign affairs is more complicated than this alone.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
Newsweek reached out to the Department of Defense and the foreign affairs ministries for both Greenland and Panama via email for comments.
—Andrew Stanton
jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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“Foreign affairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20affairs. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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