foreign policy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of foreign policy
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Noemie Bisserbe is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Paris, where she covers French politics and foreign policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
To understand how he did that, I spoke with dozens of former Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden, and Trump administration officials, as well as academics, cryptocurrency and foreign policy experts, real estate moguls, and politicians.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Here are some of the foreign policy issues already crowding Burnham's in-tray:
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
On foreign policy, he has talked of closer ties to the European Union and continuing Britain’s steadfast support for Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Looking back over the full sweep of American history, one would be hard-pressed to discover a presidency more dominated by a single foreign policy problem and simultaneously more divided domestically over how to solve it.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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