foreign affairs
plural noun
: matters having to do with international relations and with the interests of the home country in foreign countries
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Ideas By Ian Bremmer February 28, 2025 5:00 AM EST
Ian Bremmer is a foreign affairs columnist and editor-at-large at TIME.
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Ian Bremmer, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
Elizabeth Shackelford is senior policy director at Dartmouth College’s Dickey Center for International Understanding and a foreign affairs columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Israel confirms return, identification of Shiri Bibas' body Fox News senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot reports on the release of six hostage from Hamas captivity as part of the first phase in the ceasefire deal and the return of the body of young mother Shiri Bibas.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
That is the broad lens through which to view the new administration’s attack on our foreign affairs programs.
—Al Pessin, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
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Ian Bremmer, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
Elizabeth Shackelford is senior policy director at Dartmouth College’s Dickey Center for International Understanding and a foreign affairs columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Israel confirms return, identification of Shiri Bibas' body Fox News senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot reports on the release of six hostage from Hamas captivity as part of the first phase in the ceasefire deal and the return of the body of young mother Shiri Bibas.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
That is the broad lens through which to view the new administration’s attack on our foreign affairs programs.
—Al Pessin, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Foreign affairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20affairs. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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