foreign policy
noun
: the policy of a sovereign state in its interaction with other sovereign states
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More immigration news: A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s effort to deport pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil on foreign policy grounds is most likely unconstitutional.
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 29 May 2025
Though, in the past, Lee has made comments critical of past U.S. foreign policy and appeared to suggest South Korea’s strategic neutrality in the great power rivalry between Washington and Beijing, in this campaign Lee has reaffirmed his support behind the U.S.-South Korea alliance.
—Jong Eun Lee, The Conversation, 29 May 2025
Read: Inside the fight over Trump’s foreign policy On April 1 and 2, China carried out a maritime exercise called Strait-Thunder 2025A, for a quarantine of Taiwan and attacks on its military installations.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 28 May 2025
Joshua Keating is a senior correspondent at Vox covering foreign policy and world news with a focus on the future of international conflict.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 27 May 2025
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 29 May 2025
Though, in the past, Lee has made comments critical of past U.S. foreign policy and appeared to suggest South Korea’s strategic neutrality in the great power rivalry between Washington and Beijing, in this campaign Lee has reaffirmed his support behind the U.S.-South Korea alliance.
—Jong Eun Lee, The Conversation, 29 May 2025
Read: Inside the fight over Trump’s foreign policy On April 1 and 2, China carried out a maritime exercise called Strait-Thunder 2025A, for a quarantine of Taiwan and attacks on its military installations.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 28 May 2025
Joshua Keating is a senior correspondent at Vox covering foreign policy and world news with a focus on the future of international conflict.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 27 May 2025
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“Foreign policy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20policy. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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