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With the end of the Cold War and the growing importance of trade to our economy , economic concerns are now as important in our foreign policy as strategic or political concerns . In case you are n't aware , the Bush Doctrine was a MAJOR shift in our foreign policy . These various elements in our foreign policy lead , as I have said , to a single goal - the goal of a peaceful world of free and independent states . No wonder Pakistanis converted more of their rupees into dollars and kept them in their foreign exchange bank accounts last year . There , an initial reduction in its foreign debt shortly after the introduction of convertibility , was followed by it soaring to almost three times its size before monetary reform . Ian : There is a sharp difference in their foreign settlement patterns . Our problem is to make sure that we use these vast economic forces confidently and creatively , not only in direct military defense efforts , but likewise in our foreign policy , through such activities as mutual economic aid and foreign trade .