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This paper examines Pakistan's foreign policy, including how it is informed by the county's history, geography, key international actors and relations with India. The main argument of the author is that Pakistan's foreign policy - which the author suggests, among other things, aims to deal with the country's perceived principal rival and more powerful neighbor, India as well as its efforts to gain external resources - is based on four pillars. These are 1) relations with the US and the West; 2) ties with China; 3) links to Islamic countries; and 4) interactions with multilateral bodies, particularly the UN. The author concludes by arguing that in light of strategic and geopolitical changes, it is time for Pakistan and India to reconsider their relations and work to improve their ties.