Page | 46 Changing Dynamics of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: An Overview Pervaiz Ali Mahesar* Abdul Hameed** ―No foreign policy - no matter how ingenious - has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none.‖ (Speech of Henry A. Kissinger (56 th US Secretary of State, 1973-77) Boston World Affairs Council) Abstract: This study attempts to analyze the very reason behind Pakistan‘s jumping into the western bandwagon. This research aims to underline subtle shift in foreign policy and dig out the motivations behind radical change in foreign policy after the 9/11 incident and Endgame in Afghanistan. Moreover, given the changing global outlook of diplomacy in the age of globalization, internationalization, economic and public diplomacy and technological revolution, how Pakistan can promote and uplift its image in the world. It attempts to provide meaningful and viable suggestions in order to make foreign policy a success. Key words: Foreign Policy, Geo-politics, Cold War, Globalization, Public Diplomacy. Introduction Foreign policy is a crucial tool with which the socio-political, economic and military interests of any nation state can be served. It is well-orchestrated, planned and prepared not by layman but by the chief executive of a country. This task can also be taken by the legislature. No state lives or tends to live without robust foreign policy. Policy is considered to be aggregate or sum total of national interests. The destruction of Berlin Wall in 1989 and end of Cold War heralded into new equation and configuration in the geo-politics of the South Asian region. Keeping in view these radical changes, Pakistan had no other option but to reorient its foreign policy. Pakistan termed as ‗A Hard Country‘ (Anatol Lieven, Pakistan: A Hard Country, year 2012) and ‗Sick Man of Asia‘ (Roedad Khan, The Nation, 19 February 2014) has witnessed multiple challenges and attacks at its nationhood. Pakistan has its own chequered history punctuated with weaknesses, conflicts, and wars within and without. The major obsession with foreign policy makers of Pakistan is economy to survive and security to stop Indian belligerency. Pakistan‘s Post Cold War preoccupation has been security and economy. Most of the times, Pakistan‘s foreign policy has either been Indo or American centric. Foreign policy basically entails social, political, economic interests of the nation state that it jealously guards within the limits set by the international environment. Foreign policy making is the most daunting challenge in the 21 st century. The world has become a global village due to advancement of technology and fast communication. An incident in one part of the world has direct or indirect impact on the other part of the world. The disintegration of Berlin Wall in 1989 and dismemberment of USSR in 1991 paved the way for the decolonization, new wave of nationalism, alignments in the region and geo-politics in the South Asia. Pakistan-a crisis state, has always confronted with multipronged problems, issues and challenges since its birth. Among other things, Pakistan has been very much concerned about changing geopolitical and economic realities in the region. However, the foreign policy