foreign policy
noun
: the policy of a sovereign state in its interaction with other sovereign states
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The senator discussed jobs, tax cuts, school choice, investment accounts for children, immigration, foreign policy and freedom in the wide-raging speech.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2026
Added to this, in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was very keen on promoting an internationalist foreign policy, combined with a desire to split the Gordian Knot of the threat posed by all-out nuclear war.
—David Szondy
march 29, New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2026
That brings us back to the folly of lionizing Kent as a conscientious objector to Trump and the president’s hawkish foreign policy as of late.
—David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas instead pointed to the converging wars and argued that assistance on one front will help the other.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2026
Added to this, in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was very keen on promoting an internationalist foreign policy, combined with a desire to split the Gordian Knot of the threat posed by all-out nuclear war.
—David Szondy
march 29, New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2026
That brings us back to the folly of lionizing Kent as a conscientious objector to Trump and the president’s hawkish foreign policy as of late.
—David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas instead pointed to the converging wars and argued that assistance on one front will help the other.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Foreign policy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20policy. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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