foreign policy

noun — 2 senses

foreign policy

noun
1

A government's policy relating to relations with other nations and international organisations.

  • WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
  • Willing to upend the nation’s postwar role as a bulwark against authoritarianism, he promises to usher in a foreign policy rooted in “America First” transactionalism.2024 December 12, Eric Cortellessa, “Donald Trump 2024 TIME Person of the Year”, in Time, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2024:
2

Used retrospectively, the sum of a leader or government's dealings and relations with other nations.

  • Bismarck's foreign policy.
Antonyms
domestic policy
Related terms
foreign affairs, diplomacy, Foreign Office

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