foreign policy
noun
: the policy of a sovereign state in its interaction with other sovereign states
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While Cuba and the Cuban American diaspora are her speciality, Gámez Torres also reports on U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 July 2025
Advertisement Recognition would mark a significant shift in British foreign policy and align the U.K. with growing European momentum behind Palestinian statehood.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 30 July 2025
Despite such concerns, voters indicated that issues such as housing affordability, public safety, and government integrity were more influential in their vote choice than foreign policy or religious identity.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Among Trump’s most notable foreign policy moves of his first administration was warming relations with North Korea, opening up talks with the country, and famously meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the 38th Parallel and elsewhere.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 29 July 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 July 2025
Advertisement Recognition would mark a significant shift in British foreign policy and align the U.K. with growing European momentum behind Palestinian statehood.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 30 July 2025
Despite such concerns, voters indicated that issues such as housing affordability, public safety, and government integrity were more influential in their vote choice than foreign policy or religious identity.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Among Trump’s most notable foreign policy moves of his first administration was warming relations with North Korea, opening up talks with the country, and famously meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the 38th Parallel and elsewhere.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 29 July 2025
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“Foreign policy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20policy. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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