Written by Abdul Sattar, a former foreign minister and foreign secretary, the book comprises 329 pages and documents the country history. It provides a factual basis for objective appraisal and helps identify lessons useful to future policy makers

This book is a penetrating analysis of Pakistan's foreign policy from the time of Independence in 1947 until the beginning of the new millennium. The formulation of Pakistan's foreign policy has been discussed from a fresh perspective. The author has tried to pragmatically examine the structural failures of Pakistan's foreign policy-making process and calls for new thinking on various aspects of Pakistan's foreign policy

In 1988 a collection of Agha Shahi speeches and articles, a Pakistani diplomat and foreign minister of Pakistan from 1977 to 1982, was published as Pakistan`s Security and Foreign Policy. Agha Shahi has provided an excellent basis for debating the foreign policy issues of today. Many puzzling aspects of Pakistani policies become clearer after a reading of these papers

The book contains the papers of sessions devoted the Pakistani policy after 9/11. Among them - Domestic Challenges to National Security by Mushahid H. Sayed ; Palistan and the United States : Steady Partners in the Years Ahead? by Dennis Kux ; The Evolution of Higher Education in Pakistan - Efforts to Meet the Challenges of the 20th Century by Usman Ali Isani etc.

The domestic political environment of Pakistan and geopolitical environment off the world as a whole remains highly dynamic