Foreign policy involves a state using political influence to induce other states to exercise their lawmaking power in a way that benefits the influencing state. It aims to protect territorial integrity and citizen interests both within and outside the state. Additionally, foreign policy seeks to maintain international links through policies of conflict or cooperation to promote national interests like security, self-preservation, and economic and political goals. A country's foreign policy is determined by internal factors like geography, culture, economic strength, and political structures as well as external factors like the international power structure, organizations, alliances, and world public opinion.

1. Meaning of Foreign policy
Foreign policy is the use of political
influence in order to induce other
states to exercise their law making
power in a manner desired by the
state.

2. Definition of foreign policy
According to Prof; Joseph
Foreign policy consists of decisions
and actions which involve to some
appreciable extent relations between
one state and others.

3. Objectives of foreign policy
 1. It seeks to protect the territorial
integrity of the country and protect the
interests of its citizens, both with and
out side the state.

4. Objectives of FP
 2. The objective of foreign policy
is maintenance of links with
other member of international
community and adoption of
policy of conflict or cooperation
towards them with a view to
promote its own interests.

5. Objectives
 3. The foreign policy of a country
seeks to promote and further its national
interests of the country.
• The primary interests of each state is
self-preservation, security and well
being of its citizens

6. objectives

4. The foreign policy aims at
promotion of economic interests of
the country.
 5. The foreign policy aims at
enhancement of the influence of the
state by expanding its area of
influence the reducing of other states
to the position of dependency.

7. Determinants of Foreign policy
 Two type of factors
 A. Internal factors
 B. external factors

8. Determinants of FP
 Internal Factors
 1. Size
 2. Geography
 3. Culture & history

9. Internal factors
4. Economic development
5. Technology
6. National capacity

10. Internal factors of FP
7. Social Structure
8. Public mood
9. Political Organization

11. Cont…
 10. Role of press
 11. political Accountability
 12. Leadership

12. External factors
1. Power structure
2. International organizations
3. Reaction of other states

13. Cont….
4.Alliances
5. World public opinion