foreign policy

[ fawr-in pol-uh-see, for- ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of foreign policy¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

China’s failure to tackle such internal challenges may also prompt the state to act more aggressively on the foreign policy front to deflect domestic criticism in an attempt to shore up its political legitimacy.

From Time

This reality demands a wholesale rethinking of national security strategy, budgetary priorities and foreign policy.

From Washington Post

Röttgen is running on a “largely foreign policy focused campaign,” says Bergsen.

From Time

Few Americans could believe that such a momentous shift in foreign policy would issue from an administration as weak as this one was at the time.

From Washington Post

Now the president-elect appoints a team of seasoned, moderate foreign policy experts who support democracy and American leadership in the world.

From Washington Post

What they believe impacts economic policy, foreign policy, education policy, environmental policy, you name it.

From The Daily Beast

Paul has consistently used Benghazi as a device to stake out high ground on foreign policy.

From The Daily Beast

What specific aspect of US foreign policy was changed for the better under her watch?

From The Daily Beast

And they said that the blame for managing foreign policy crises can hardly be heaped on the departing secretary.

From The Daily Beast

And in the matter of foreign policy the President has already met the Republicans more than half-way.

From The Daily Beast

This decision meant a complete reversal of Swedish foreign policy and a breach with France.

From Project Gutenberg

The clue of the whole foreign policy of England and Holland was in his possession.

From Project Gutenberg

The chief point in our foreign policy noticed by the king related to the government of Spain.

From Project Gutenberg

The house had to decide that night between two opposite systems of foreign policy.

From Project Gutenberg

A more important point of our foreign policy considered this session was the situation of the province of Texas.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• diplomacy