0 a government's policy on dealing with other countries, for example in matters relating to trade or defence:
1 a country's ways of dealing with other countries
2 the official ways in which a government has decided to deal with other countries, in relation to trade, defence, etc., or a particular example of this:
The emphasis on the military was not an idiosyncratic fallout of foreign policy, but an established component of imperial policy.
One of our troubles is that we lack what one might call a philosophy of foreign policy.
If his personal political legacy proved ephemeral, the same was not true of the legacy in foreign policy.
That a president would knowingly surrender so completely his ability to make foreign policy is astonishing.
The ' promotion of democracy ', although highly valued, must compete with other foreign policy concerns and more often than not loses the battle.
Moreover, he approached the talks with a narrow diplomatic focus of working out a deal, ignoring the power that drives foreign policy decisions.
They nonetheless provided a useful and generally accurate overview of the foreign policy agendas harboured by the superpowers and claimant nations.
Shared intelligence can be very valuable if it sheds light on important foreign policy problems.
