Notwithstanding their dynamic mutual relationship, a country’s external policy is essentially an extension of domestic policies going by what some social scientists said long ago.
The more solid the political economy, the less is the chance of a country succumbing to foreign dictation. And to quote an old saying ‘united we stand and divided we fall.’
Taking this above view, for any external strategic policy to succeed a corresponding, supporting internal policy would be a prerequisite. It was owing to strong domestic compulsions that the PTI government shifted its policy focus from stability to economic growth.
Now some ruling party and opposition stalwarts are looking forward to an appropriate policy response by Pakistan to a possible spillover of the evolving Afghanistan situation.