foreign policy
Global diplomatic approach
Foreign policy is a government's strategy for dealing with other nations—its positions on trade, diplomacy, military intervention, and international agreements.
The term encompasses both broad doctrine and specific decisions: The administration's foreign policy favors multilateral cooperation.
Foreign policy debates often pit isolationism against interventionism, or realism against idealism.
Official foreign representative
- embassyOfficial diplomatic residence abroad
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
envoy · consul · consulate · delegation · accord · pact · alliance · bilateral
Established body of teachings
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- hegemonyDominant group's control
soft power · hard power · realpolitik · isolationism · interventionism · unilateralism · multilateralism · sphere of influence
ambassador
Official foreign representative
- embassyOfficial diplomatic residence abroad
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
summit · envoy · consul · consulate · delegation · accord · pact · alliance · bilateral · multilateral
doctrine
Established body of teachings
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
hegemony · soft power · hard power · realpolitik · isolationism · interventionism · unilateralism · multilateralism · sphere of influence · grand strategy
- Government Policysocial welfare, gun control, social programs, poverty reduction, border protection
- international affairspassport, embassy, visa, treaty, diplomat
- policiesact, code of conduct, terms of service, bill, dress code
- Policyprivacy law, welfare reform, tax reform, healthcare reform, defense spending
- Presidential papersspeeches, press releases, press conferences, proclamations, memos
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
foreign policydomestic policy
Government actions within borders
internal affairs · home affairs · domestic affairs · national policy · local governance
foreign policyisolationism
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
non-interventionism · neutrality · autarky · insularity · protectionism
policy, foreign, politics, political, politician, foreigner, policies, politic, politically