As a citizen of the US and native English speaker, I would say the connotations differ. "International" - similarity to US / Western political systems and valu

As a citizen of the US and native English speaker, I would say the connotations differ. "International" - similarity to US / Western political systems and values, but not in the geographic boundaries of the US "Foreign" - different from / opposed to (depending on how xenophobic whoever you're talking to is) US / Western political systems and values So, in many ways mirroring the definitions. International is a thing in and of itself. Foreign is a relationship to something else.