How to Use foreign policy in a Sentence

foreign policy

noun
  • Well, that’s a hell of a way to do foreign policy.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026
  • But much of the week was focused again on foreign policy.
    — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The two have tangled over their names, foreign policy and more, with no end in sight.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • No one had elected them to set foreign policy.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
  • What are people who are on the inside in foreign policy wrestling with right now?
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Which is not to say that public opinion should drive foreign policy.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 15 Feb. 2022
  • For them, Gaza is not just a foreign policy issue.
    — Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Visa rules and restrictions have long been tools of foreign policy.
    — Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2021
  • New technologies caused foreign policy thinkers to look in new places.
    — Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Where does foreign policy fit into this?
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • A lot of his answers went pretty deep into the weeds of foreign policy.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2024
  • Musk even conducts his own foreign policy.
    — Gautam Mukunda, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
  • Trump has lately been laser-focused on foreign policy.
    — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
  • On foreign policy, Dan strikes that same balance.
    — Joel Rubin, New York Daily News, 9 June 2026
  • But Trump’s foreign policy is in the eye of the beholder.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 31 Jan. 2026
  • There's a big foreign policy argument to be made here, but it wasn't made yesterday.
    — ABC News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • This is the lowest point in US foreign policy in my lifetime.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 8 Dec. 2022
  • This has enabled sanctions to be a very effective tool of foreign policy.
    — Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The disarray is a metaphor for Biden foreign policy in the region.
    — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 5 June 2022
  • Harris is likely to model most of her foreign policy on Biden’s.
    — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • Wars, foreign policy and airspace bans can force airlines to change routes, raise fares and disrupt travel far from conflict zones.
    — Zach Wichter, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Even for voters who rarely care about foreign policy, the rising cost of filling up their tank has been unavoidable.
    — Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The big story India rarely ties its foreign policy to a single partner or bloc.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • The president did have a slight improvement in views of his handling of foreign policy.
    — Steve Liesman, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
  • This isn't just a foreign policy disagreement.
    — Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • There has never been, and shouldn't be, any acceptance within our body politic of a foreign policy shorn of moral concerns.
    — Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Not too long ago, foreign policy analysts might have shrugged off the pageantry of the China summit.
    — Jeffrey Prescott, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2025
  • But the president’s foreign policy has been at the forefront lately.
    — Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026

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