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Foreign Affairs - definition of Foreign Affairs in Encyclopedia (286 words) |
 | Foreign Affairs is the foremost American journal of international relations. |
 | The journal is published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a private sector group established in New York City in 1920 with the goal of keeping the United States involved in world affairs even as the government turned to isolationism. |
 | Eleven different Secretaries of State have written essays in Foreign Affairs, and today its articles are still considered to be an important indicator of the line of thinking in the United States Department of State. |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (438 words) |
 | The Minister of Foreign Affairs is a major portfolio in the Cabinet of New Zealand. |
 | In terms of actual political power, however, the Minister of Foreign Affairs is not as prominent as in other countries (such as Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States), with the Minister of Finance being considerably more influential. |
 | The first New Zealand foreign minister was James Allen, appointed to the post of "Minister of External Affairs" by William Massey in 1919. |