Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Shekarun farko na mulkin Basil sun mamaye yaƙe-yaƙe na cikin gida da manyan janar biyu daga masarautar Anatolian; da farko Bardas Skleros kuma daga baya Bardas Phokas, wanda ya ƙare jim kaɗan bayan mutuwar Phokas da miƙa wuya na Skleros a cikin 989. Basil sannan ya kula da daidaitawa da fadada iyakar gabas na Daular Byzantine da kuma cikakken mulkin Daular Bulgaria ta farko,
babban abokin gaba na Turai, bayan dogon gwagwarmaya. Kodayake Daular Byzantine ta kulla yarjejeniya da Fatimid Caliphate a cikin 987<unk>988, Basil ya jagoranci yaƙin neman zaɓe a kan Khalifanci wanda ya ƙare da wata yarjejeniya a cikin 1000. Ya kuma gudanar da yaƙin neman zaɓe a kan Khazar Khaganate wanda ya sami Daular Byzantine wani ɓangare na Crimea da jerin kamfen masu nasara a kan Masarautar Georgia.