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Foreign policy is an endless dialogue between the powers of continuity and the powers of change. It begins at frontiers. One cannot ignore the domestic inputs/actors role towards making foreign policy of any country. It is shaped by the internal needs of the country and projection of internal policies. Differences in states capabilities to act are constrained by the characteristics of states, or national attributes. The domestic constraints and challenges add much more complexity and unpredictability to the foreign policy process. Problems or constraints and challenges come out when a single individual or agency bypass the domestic interests of a state. The task of formulating foreign policy for developing states is more filled with constraints as compared to a developed and sovereign state. A Great number of social, economic, technological and political factors constrain the rate and kind of interaction of one state with another state. As these factors affecting the mobilization and the use of state capabilities. State is constrained not only by its own capabilities, interests, policies and actions but also by those of the state with which it interacts. One country’s constraint may be the source of power for an-other country