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Definitions

international relations

NOUN
affairs between national governments
Synonyms
WEAK
comparative government foreign affairs geopolitics geopolitik international affairs public administration statesmanship

Example Sentences

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There's also the poor state of international relations.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Gen. Patrick Karuretwa, head of army international relations, quickly settled on Mozambique.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

But, as an international relations scholar, I know that destruction is not the same as political success.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026

On Monday, at a disarmament conference in Geneva, Chinese ambassador Shen Jian said: "We oppose unilateral bullying and the use of force in international relations."

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Now he’d been invited to Harvard to speak to the graduate students of Henry Kissinger, a professor of international relations.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin