Abstract

Foreign policy is the most important policy of any state, as it determines the state’s position in the international arena. It determines how the state behaves in forming alliances, multi-lateral agreements, and as separate entities in international organizations. This article looks at Pakistan’s foreign policy for the period of 2000–2016 as determined by economic factors, multi-lateral alliances, and regional cooperation, and attempts to analyze whether it was driven by internal or external factors using game theory. This article is divided into three parts, which comprehensively capture Pakistan’s policies for: i) the War on Terror; ii) geo-political ties with India; and iii) geo-economic ties with China. For each policy response, game theory framework is applied to answer the research questions.