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foreign policy

American  
[fawr-in pol-uh-see, for-] / ˈfɔr ɪn ˈpɒl ə si, ˈfɒr- /

noun

  1. a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives.


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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