foreign policy
type: Concept
narrower: foreign policy role

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: foreign policy role

foreign policy role
type: Concept
definition: The foreign policy role is the currency of international relations, the medium of exchange in foreign affairs. It is neither power (the means of foreign policy) nor state interest (the long-term goals of statecraft to which a government aspires). [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Foreign Policy Role]
broader: foreign policy