foreign policy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of foreign policy
First recorded in 1905–10
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They spend the book traducing the relationship’s effect on U.S. foreign policy, electoral politics and the news media, among other areas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Anne Flaherty is the national security and foreign policy editor at The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
But there was one portion of his speech that brought home just how far gone American foreign policy is today.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
He's been meeting more than a dozen world leaders as wars in the Middle East and Ukraine test his foreign policy agenda.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Perhaps the supreme example of Jefferson’s greater flexibility occurred on the foreign policy front.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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