Paper short abstract:

Pakistan and Iran share a commom border from Afghanistan to the Arabian Sea, populated by various Baloch tribes on both side, which had influence to relations between the two countries since 1947. The paper sets out to look at ethnicity as a factor in the delicate relations.

Paper long abstract:

Pakistan and Iran share a commom border from Afghanistan to the Arabian Sea, populated by various Baloch tribes on both sides, which had influence to relations between the two countries since 1947. The paper sets out to look at ethnicity as a factor in the delicate relations. The role of ethnicity in foreign policy has not been discussed by academic writers. In recent years there have been some attempts to study non-state actors' role in foreign policy. Therefore, an attempt is made to explore the influence of Baloch national movement on the foreign policy of Pakistan and Iran, only to be understood against the background of the history of Baloch national movement.