How to Use international relations in a Sentence

international relations

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  • This applies to elections and the rule of law, as well as international relations and trade.
    — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Here is a look at what's at stake, and what the election results mean for Turkey and its international relations.
    — Elena Becatoros, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2018
  • The United States has been central to establishing a new kind of international relations since 1945, one that has grown in strength and depth over the decades.
    — Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Haniyeh was in charge of Hamas' international relations and had a key role in the negotiations for a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal.
    — Barak Ravid, Axios, 31 July 2024
  • Melisa Onel found that her international relations degree did not open many career paths and turned to the arts instead.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 25 Oct. 2022
  • As with any problem in international relations, carrots and sticks are all the U.S has.
    — WSJ, 4 June 2021
  • What does this move signal to the world about international relations with North Korea?
    — WSJ, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Yovanovitch, 60, was raised in a household that helped prepare her for a career in international relations.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The whole Olympic movement is built around the concept that sports can be a substitute for war and that fair play on a field or in a stadium can influence the course of international relations.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Now a senior in high school, the Maryland native needs to decide where to study public and international relations.
    — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Such are the questions shaping international relations at the time of Covid-19, as countries deal with the hottest new diplomatic tool: Covid-19 vaccines.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2021
  • In Vox’s Borders series, Johnny travels the globe to listen to the people living on the front lines of international relations.
    — Johnny Harris, Vox, 18 Dec. 2018
  • His willingness to employ bold, seat-of-the-pants strategies has thrilled his base but has met more severe limits in the high-stakes setting of international relations.
    — John Wagner, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2018
  • But international relations are only part of the story for these Games.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The free world has come to learn that, just like Putin, General Secretary Xi is not to be trusted–and trust is the foundation of all business and international relations.
    — Keith Krach, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2022
  • In the realm of international relations, Hadley and others said, Trump often creates crises as a way of gaining leverage over others.
    — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 8 June 2018
  • Cook, an economics and international relations professor at Michigan State, will be the first Black woman to serve on the board.
    — Christopher Rugaber, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2022
  • And so alongside science and exploration, international relations may be the legacy of the station — and some are pushing it for a Nobel Peace Prize.
    — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2020
  • But the expansion of engagement in international relations from the elites to the masses has deeper and more predictable causes.
    — Rohan Mukherjee, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2024
  • In the long term, defense experts warn that having a nuclear weapon positioned in space could pose a threat to life on Earth by eroding international relations and space law.
    — Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Keeping a tighter leash on the wolf warriors may not spell better international relations for China.
    — Washington Post, 3 June 2021
  • Bassem Naim, head of Hamas’s international relations office, said conditions in Gaza won’t improve in the long term unless the world is willing to deal with Hamas directly.
    — Dov Lieber, WSJ, 25 May 2021
  • Trump set the tone for his approach to international relations in Saudi Arabia, choosing Riyadh for his first foreign visit in 2017.
    — Marc Champion, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2020
  • So a full frontal assault on the very basis of international relations - the sovereign equality of states.
    — NBC News, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Few of those situations reach as deeply into international relations and human rights as Simon has in the Peng case.
    — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2021
  • But the same history tells us that episodes like these can still have outsize effects on international relations at a time of rising global tension.
    — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
  • As in much of the world, Old and New, the fate of winegrowing, making and marketing in South Africa through the centuries was tied to colonization, international relations, wars and politics.
    — Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2021
  • As seen in the sanctions against Russia, fossil fuels are no longer bullet-proof shields in international relations.
    — Simon Maghakyan, Time, 4 Apr. 2022
  • They could be forgiven for doing so granted the impact that the outcome of the US presidential election will have on international relations.
    — Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • She’s also begun thinking about what her career might look like after she’s done posing for the cameras and that would be working in international relations, which aligns with her college degree.
    — Michelle Lee, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024

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