How to Use foreign policy in a Sentence

foreign policy

noun
  • When Biden came to the White House in 2021, his foreign policy goals were more modest.
    Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The two have tangled over their names, foreign policy and more, with no end in sight.
    Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The war in Ukraine has smashed the remnants of pragmatism in the Kremlin’s foreign policy.
    Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 24 Sep. 2024
  • This is the lowest point in US foreign policy in my lifetime.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 8 Dec. 2022
  • If the White House changes hands in 2025, brace for a reset that shifts the focus of our foreign policy from the Atlantic to the Americas.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • And two of them lost arguably due to foreign policy issues.
    NBC News, 26 Feb. 2023
  • A lot of his answers went pretty deep into the weeds of foreign policy.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2024
  • The two countries have gone head-to-head in trade, foreign policy, and the race for technology in recent years.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • As Hanke points out, sanctions now stand as a prime weapon of U.S. foreign policy.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2023
  • More broadly, Turkey needs to show the West that its foreign policy is not all about protesting, Mr. Han said.
    Safak Timur, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Some charter members of the school of neoconservative foreign policy made the risky choice to ride the tiger.
    Samuel Moyn, The New Republic, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Turkey, in its foreign policy, has tried to use rescue and relief work as part of its larger mission to the world.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2023
  • From a foreign policy perspective, some of this is old hat.
    Blaise Malley, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2022
  • On foreign policy, the group’s more or less united in backing Biden’s strong support for Ukraine and Israel.
    Beth Greenfield, Fortune, 1 July 2024
  • Posters used it to critique US foreign policy and have claimed that the letter changed their perspective.
    WIRED, 17 Nov. 2023
  • New technologies caused foreign policy thinkers to look in new places.
    Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Harris and Trump both stuck to their foreign policy talking points and didn't present any new ideas, plans or campaign promises.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Each placed the maintenance of British influence at the center of their foreign policy, just as Churchill, Attlee, and Eden had.
    Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Building and then bolstering the global coalition allied with Ukraine has been a top White House foreign policy goal for the past year.
    Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Who advised him to attack Trump and weigh in on foreign policy before entering the race?
    Audrey Fahlberg, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The anecdote underscores the prominent role that large tech firms can play in US foreign policy.
    Sean Lyngaas, CNN, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Harris is likely to model most of her foreign policy on Biden’s.
    Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
  • In his speech, Trump claimed Democrats were doing a poor job of running the country and highlighted a range of issues, from the economy to foreign policy.
    Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Pritzker has also sought to boost his foreign policy creds.
    Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2024
  • There are many reasons that this has been (and should be) the case, not least of which is the rampant chaos of fifty states crafting their own rules and, as a result, interfering with U.S. foreign policy.
    Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Argentina decided in 2023 not to join the group, citing a change in foreign policy.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
  • But the main divide in this race seems to be less about governing philosophy and more about foreign policy.
    Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 6 May 2024
  • Rubio has been deeply engaged on foreign policy issues in the Senate.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
  • And as Trump returns to office next year, appointing a capable successor to Hochstein to work with all the parties should be a foreign policy priority.
    Firas Maksad, TIME, 26 Nov. 2024
  • But those grown-ups are gone, and the president-elect looks likely to appoint sycophants and conspiracy theorists to top foreign policy positions.
    Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024

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