Meanings
plural foreign policies
- countableuncountableA government's policy relating to relations with other nations and international organisations.
Willing to upend the nation’s postwar role as a bulwark against authoritarianism, he promises to usher in a foreign policy rooted in “America First” transactionalism.
2024 December 12, Eric Cortellessa, “Donald Trump 2024 TIME Person of the Year”, in Time, archived from the original on 22 Dec 20241 more example
WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.
2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18 - countableuncountableUsed retrospectively, the sum of a leader or government's dealings and relations with other nations.
Bismarck's foreign policy.
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Arabic سياسة خارجية, سياسة خارجية
- سياسة خارجيةgovernment's policy
- سياسة خارجيةsum of a government's dealings
Chinese Mandarin 外交政策, 外交政策
- 外交政策 (wàijiāo zhèngcè)government's policy
- 外交政策 (wàijiāo zhèngcè)sum of a government's dealings
Danish udenrigspolitik, udenrigspolitik
- udenrigspolitikgovernment's policy
- udenrigspolitiksum of a government's dealings
Dutch buitenlands beleid
- buitenlands beleidgovernment's policy
Finnish ulkopolitiikka, ulkopolitiikka
- ulkopolitiikkagovernment's policy
- ulkopolitiikkasum of a government's dealings
French politique extérieure
- politique extérieuregovernment's policy
German Außenpolitik
- Außenpolitikgovernment's policy
Hungarian külpolitika1
- külpolitika1government's policy
Indonesian kebijakan luar negeri, politik luar negeri
- kebijakan luar negerigovernment's policy
- politik luar negerigovernment's policy
Irish polasaí eachtrach
- polasaí eachtrachgovernment's policy
Italian politica estera
- politica esteragovernment's policy
Japanese 外交
- 外交 (gaikō)government's policy
Korean 외교
- 외교 (oegyo)government's policy
Norwegian Bokmål utenrikspolitikk
- utenrikspolitikkgovernment's policy
Polish polityka zewnętrzna, polityka zagraniczna
- polityka zewnętrznagovernment's policy
- polityka zagranicznagovernment's policy
- polityka zewnętrznasum of a government's dealings
- polityka zagranicznasum of a government's dealings
Portuguese política estrangeira
- política estrangeiragovernment's policy
Romanian politică externă
- politică externăgovernment's policy
Russian вне́шняя поли́тика, вне́шняя поли́тика
- вне́шняя поли́тика (vnéšnjaja polítika)government's policy
- вне́шняя поли́тика (vnéšnjaja polítika)sum of a government's dealings
Spanish política exterior
- política exteriorgovernment's policy
Swahili sera ya kigeni
- sera ya kigenigovernment's policy
Swedish utrikespolitik
- utrikespolitikgovernment's policy
Tamil வெளியுறவுக்கொள்கை, வெளியுறவுக்கொள்கை
- வெளியுறவுக்கொள்கை (veḷiyuṟavukkoḷkai)government's policy
- வெளியுறவுக்கொள்கை (veḷiyuṟavukkoḷkai)sum of a government's dealings
Turkish dış politika, dış siyaset
- dış politikagovernment's policy
- dış siyasetgovernment's policy
Ukrainian зо́внішня полі́тика
- зо́внішня полі́тика (zóvnišnja polítyka)government's policy
Cite this entry
foreign policy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreign%20policy
“foreign policy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreign%20policy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foreign policy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreign%20policy.
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