foreign policy
noun
: the policy of a sovereign state in its interaction with other sovereign states
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The standoff in the Oval Office put Vance at the center of a sea change in American foreign policy and signaled how the 40-year-old vice president, who served a partial U.S. Senate term before his election to the White House, has stealthily amassed political power.
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Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
This expansion of cooperation in Israel’s energy security with Azerbaijan – a secular state with a Muslim Shi’a majority, builds on over thirty years of cordial relations and joint projects in defense, energy, culture, air transportation, and foreign policy.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
The latest poll also shows that more people now believe that American foreign policy is headed in the wrong direction, with 49 percent agreeing in March, compared to 40 percent in January.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
With his embrace of tariffs and a foreign policy more openly grounded in the national interest, Trump can even be said to be purging consensuses on how things are done that have dominated Washington for decades.
—Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
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Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
This expansion of cooperation in Israel’s energy security with Azerbaijan – a secular state with a Muslim Shi’a majority, builds on over thirty years of cordial relations and joint projects in defense, energy, culture, air transportation, and foreign policy.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
The latest poll also shows that more people now believe that American foreign policy is headed in the wrong direction, with 49 percent agreeing in March, compared to 40 percent in January.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
With his embrace of tariffs and a foreign policy more openly grounded in the national interest, Trump can even be said to be purging consensuses on how things are done that have dominated Washington for decades.
—Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Foreign policy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20policy. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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