Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Alexander ya juya zuwa manufofin kasashen waje kuma ya sayar da Alaska zuwa Amurka a 1867, yana tsoron cewa mulkin mallaka zai fada hannun Birtaniya idan akwai wani yaki. Ya nemi zaman lafiya, ya ƙaura daga Faransa mai yaƙi lokacin da Napoleon III ya faɗi a shekara ta 1871, kuma a shekara ta 1872 ya shiga Jamus da Austria a cikin League of the Three Emperors wanda ya daidaita yanayin Turai. Duk da manufofinsa na kasashen waje na zaman lafiya, ya yi yaƙi na ɗan gajeren lokaci tare da Daular Ottoman a cikin 1877<unk>78, wanda ya haifar da 'yancin kai na ƙasashen Bulgaria, Montenegro, Romania da Serbia, ya ci gaba da faɗaɗa cikin Siberia da Caucasus, kuma ya ci Turkestan, kuma ya amince da tsare-tsaren da ke haifar da kisan kare dangi na Circassian. Ko da yake sakamakon taron Berlin a shekara ta 1878 ya sa shi baƙin ciki, Alexander ya bi wannan yarjejeniya. Daga cikin manyan kalubalensa na cikin gida shi ne tayar da hankali a Poland
a shekara ta 1863, wanda ya amsa ta hanyar kawar da wannan ƙasa ta tsarin mulki na musamman da kuma haɗa shi kai tsaye zuwa Rasha. Alexander yana ba da shawarar ƙarin gyare-gyare na majalisa don magance hauhawar juyin juya hali da ƙungiyoyin 'yan tawaye lokacin da aka kashe shi a 1881.