(i) Interdependence being a key feature in the international system each country has to decide the nations with which it should be friendly, in which bloc it should participate or what position it should take in international relations.
(ii) Such decisions should be made thoughtfully.
(iii) The theoretical framework in which such decisions are taken is called Foreign Policy.
(iv) Every sovereign and independent country decides its own Foreign Policy.
(v) Hence in the discipline of international politics, which studies international relations between nations, Foreign Policy has an important place.
