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:
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.