foreign policy
noun
: the policy of a sovereign state in its interaction with other sovereign states
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Trump is seeking to use the tariffs as both bargaining chips and methods to effect foreign policy changes, specifically the immigration and drug trade issues.
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Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 1 Feb. 2025
Can Reagan Republicans work with MAGA on foreign policy?
—Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
Fears of a rise in influence from Russia and China
Eastern Europe has been a longtime geopolitical battleground where Western foreign policy interests often collide with those of Moscow or Beijing.
—Aurel Obreja, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
If the administration gets innovative and finds opportunities in the reshaped foreign policy, Trump can keep American and global interests ahead of chemical and biological risks, using historical models as precedents — and perhaps leaving behind some of his own.
—Andrew Kishuni, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2025
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Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 1 Feb. 2025
Can Reagan Republicans work with MAGA on foreign policy?
—Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
Fears of a rise in influence from Russia and China
Eastern Europe has been a longtime geopolitical battleground where Western foreign policy interests often collide with those of Moscow or Beijing.
—Aurel Obreja, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
If the administration gets innovative and finds opportunities in the reshaped foreign policy, Trump can keep American and global interests ahead of chemical and biological risks, using historical models as precedents — and perhaps leaving behind some of his own.
—Andrew Kishuni, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Foreign policy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20policy. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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