Example sentences for: foreign-policy

How can you use “foreign-policy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But conservatives such as Paul Gigot ( NewsHour ) and Tucker Carlson ( Late Edition ) counter that many former foreign-policy advisers--including some Clinton appointees--opposed the treaty, and that when it comes to foreign policy as a campaign issue, Republicans still have the advantage.

  • There is debate within the U.S. foreign-policy establishment regarding the efficacy of Washington's approach, which is based on the perception of Iran as a rogue state and a sponsor of international terror.

  • Implicit--and sometimes explicit--in every story about Nixon's comeback has been the underlying story of his calculated efforts to come back: He authored foreign-policy books, wined and dined journalists, and waged court battles for control of the White House tapes.

  • Instead of noting that anybody who can control the week's news with a press conference, a foreign-policy announcement, and a tea with domestic dissidents is no lame duck, the pundits indulged in psychobiography: Clinton is frustrated because "the end is now in sight" for his presidency (O'Beirne ) and he has yet to establish his "legacy" (George Will, This Week ; Morton Kondracke, The McLaughlin Group ). Because they will be chewing on the legacy thing for three more years, the commentarians recently ordered a crate of dentures.

  • In American foreign-policy circles, everyone is waiting for the next X. "X" was the byline on the famous 1947 essay in Foreign Affairs , actually written by George Kennan, that analyzed Soviet communism and laid out the post-World War II policy of "containment."


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