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This paper provides an overview of the foreign policies of the sixteen individuals formally running to become the Republican Party candidate for the 2016 US presidential election as of July 2015. More specifically, the author identifies where the candidates agree and disagree on a range of issues, including 1) the decision to invade Iraq in 2003; 2) how to combat Islamic State; 3) relations with Iran and the P5+1 nuclear negotiations with Tehran; 4) relations with Israel; 5) the resumption of diplomatic relations with Cuba; 6) the US Patriot Act; and 7) the Trans-Pacific Partnership.