internal affairs
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Greenland, an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, controls its own internal affairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
During her internal affairs interviews, Burgos denied providing information to other agencies, saying it was clear from her laughter on the recording that she was joking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The Cuban foreign minister said on Tuesday that those talks "show no progress", but left the door open "to dialogue based on mutual respect and non-interference in Cuba's internal affairs".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States undertake to respect each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to refrain from interfering in each other’s internal affairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
It also helps a prince a great deal to show himself to be extraordinary in dealing with internal affairs, as in the reports about Messer Bernabo Visconti of Milan.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
