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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
foreign affairs
noun
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▪ But it seems a peculiar policy, foreign affairs by tingle, sending young men off to die in a frisson impossible.
▪ During the session there had been some debate over the selection of the ministers of finance and foreign affairs.
▪ I have always been keenly interested in foreign affairs.
▪ It was also a place where she and women students would meet over lunch to discuss foreign affairs.
▪ Supervisor of the military and foreign affairs.
▪ The Hanoverian kings were not uninterested in political life but they had difficulty comprehending the complexities of domestic and foreign affairs.
▪ The landowners were able to express their views on problems of internal security, foreign affairs, and taxation increases.
▪ Unlike Bush, Gore has said little on the campaign trail about foreign affairs.
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foreign affairs

n. 1 policy of a government in dealing with other country or with activities overseas. 2 A government office or department charged with handling relations with other countries.

Wikipedia
Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs is an American journal of international relations and U.S. foreign policy. It has been published bimonthly since 1922 by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit, 4,900- member organization, think tank and publisher that specializes in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs.

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 2.009, ranking it 6th out of 85 journals in the category "International Relations".

Foreign Affairs (album)

Foreign Affairs is the fourth studio album by Tom Waits, released in 1977 on Elektra Entertainment. It was produced by Bones Howe, and featured Bette Midler singing a duet with Waits on "I Never Talk to Strangers".

Foreign affairs (disambiguation)

Foreign affairs, or foreign policy, consists of strategies chosen by a state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve goals in international relations.

Foreign affairs may also refer to:

Foreign Affairs (novel)

Foreign Affairs is a 1984 novel by Alison Lurie, which concerns itself with American academics in England. The novel won multiple awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1985, was nominated for the 1984 National Book Award, and was made into a television movie in 1993.

Foreign Affairs (Family Guy)

"Foreign Affairs" is the 17th episode of the ninth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy. It aired on Fox in the United States on May 15, 2011. The episode was titled "Games People Play" in the UK for BBC Three. In the episode, Bonnie and Lois take a little trip to Paris where Bonnie crosses the line.

The episode was written by Anthony Blasucci and Mike Desilets, and directed by Pete Michels.

Foreign Affairs (1964 TV series)

Foreign Affairs was a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1964. It is a spin-off of Bootsie and Snudge, itself a spin-off of The Army Game and starred Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser as the main characters. The entire series was wiped and is no longer thought to exist.

Usage examples of "foreign affairs".

Despite his grisly past, or maybe because of it, in October 1998 he was appointed minister of foreign affairs in the cabinet of right-wing prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

O'Day's (she still went by Price on the job) judgment, but it wouldn't have been fair to ask her to delve into foreign affairs, and, besides, he already had his mind pretty well made up.

I will never forget the day I got a blind e-mail from Jon asking me if I wanted to turn my Foreign Affairs article on Iraq policy into a book.

As the most active member of the Committee for Foreign Affairs, he was also in the best possible position to keep her posted on anything pertaining to her husband.

As a matter of routine, a report of this interview was telegraphed to Bismarck, who handled all foreign affairs.

To the inducements urged from a view of our domestic affairs, I will add a bare mention, of what indeed need only be mentioned, that weighty motives for your continuance are to be found in our foreign affairs.

James Lovell, chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs, for example, wrote to Gates on November 27, We want you at different places but we want you most near Germantown.