foreign policy
noun
: the policy of a sovereign state in its interaction with other sovereign states
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What To Know Trump Jr.'s intervention comes as a number of individuals have suggested that the president should win the prize for his recent foreign policy interventions, even though the deadline for nominations was in January.
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
The war between Israel and Iran thrust VOA’s foreign policy role into the spotlight.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 25 June 2025
But because in the past several years, the U.S. government – especially under the Biden administration – was weakened by its own position in foreign policy, which allowed other actors to dictate certain situations.
—Adam Sabes , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2025
This claim is fundamentally factual because the Iranian regime’s legitimacy rests with advancing a revolutionary foreign policy irreconcilable with the very concept of a Jewish state existing in Muslim lands.
—Dr. Robert G. Rabil, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2025
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
The war between Israel and Iran thrust VOA’s foreign policy role into the spotlight.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 25 June 2025
But because in the past several years, the U.S. government – especially under the Biden administration – was weakened by its own position in foreign policy, which allowed other actors to dictate certain situations.
—Adam Sabes , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2025
This claim is fundamentally factual because the Iranian regime’s legitimacy rests with advancing a revolutionary foreign policy irreconcilable with the very concept of a Jewish state existing in Muslim lands.
—Dr. Robert G. Rabil, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2025
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“Foreign policy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20policy. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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