foreign policy
noun
: the policy of a sovereign state in its interaction with other sovereign states
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Kim Kyung-hoon | Reuters The opportunity to focus on big-ticket foreign policy issues such as defense, Eurasia Group’s Santi said, could help Sanchez to distract the public from his own domestic woes.
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2025
This echoed a view from the head of the Russian Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), Leonid Slutsky, who is part of the systemic opposition but backs Putin's foreign policy, said European countries are trying to prevent a quick peace settlement in Ukraine.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
He's had a string of what seem to be legitimate foreign policy successes.
—ABC News, 10 Aug. 2025
The military’s invocation of the Tesla brand is emblematic of the tightening relationship not only between the Pentagon and Elon Musk, but with Big Tech more broadly, according to American University foreign policy professor Gordon Adams.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2025
This echoed a view from the head of the Russian Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), Leonid Slutsky, who is part of the systemic opposition but backs Putin's foreign policy, said European countries are trying to prevent a quick peace settlement in Ukraine.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
He's had a string of what seem to be legitimate foreign policy successes.
—ABC News, 10 Aug. 2025
The military’s invocation of the Tesla brand is emblematic of the tightening relationship not only between the Pentagon and Elon Musk, but with Big Tech more broadly, according to American University foreign policy professor Gordon Adams.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025
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“Foreign policy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20policy. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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