foreign policy
noun
: the policy of a sovereign state in its interaction with other sovereign states
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Bolton served as Trump’s national security adviser in his first term before being fired in 2019 following numerous foreign policy disagreements with the president, particularly over potential peace deals or nuclear deals with North Korea, Iran, and the Taliban.
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Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 23 Aug. 2025
Where Kennedy saw a dynamic future in science and exploration, the current presidential administration is laser-focused on deregulation, anti-intellectualism, privatization and a retreat from global cooperative economic and foreign policy agreements.
—Leah M. Wright, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
President Trump is keeping his foreign policy focus on Russia and Ukraine as global outrage grows over Israel’s plans to launch a major new offensive in the Gaza Strip and a declaration of famine on Friday that underscored the catastrophic suffering of Palestinians.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 23 Aug. 2025
Two months after the breathtaking Operation Midnight Hammer strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities and the ceasefire with Israel that soon followed, President Donald Trump has once again upended conventional foreign policy wisdom.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
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Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 23 Aug. 2025
Where Kennedy saw a dynamic future in science and exploration, the current presidential administration is laser-focused on deregulation, anti-intellectualism, privatization and a retreat from global cooperative economic and foreign policy agreements.
—Leah M. Wright, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
President Trump is keeping his foreign policy focus on Russia and Ukraine as global outrage grows over Israel’s plans to launch a major new offensive in the Gaza Strip and a declaration of famine on Friday that underscored the catastrophic suffering of Palestinians.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 23 Aug. 2025
Two months after the breathtaking Operation Midnight Hammer strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities and the ceasefire with Israel that soon followed, President Donald Trump has once again upended conventional foreign policy wisdom.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Foreign policy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20policy. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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