T he prime aim of any country’s foreign policy is to enhance its security. But security does not merely mean the physical security of a country’s borders. Foreign and national security policies have to be designed to develop an ability to defend territorial integrity, way of life and the economic welfare and well-being of the country in the face of external challenges. Thus, while the armed forces do have a role to play in defending the territorial integrity of the country, it is through an imaginative foreign policy that circumstances are created to resolve differences and promote cooperation to meet challenges that a country may face to its values and to the welfare and well-being of its citizens.
For over the last 50 years we have faced challenges to our territorial integrity from Pak