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Foreign corruption is becoming a matter of global concern, intersecting issues of protecting the integrity of nations, human rights, transnational crimes and terrorism and impacting national security. It is a foreign policy challenge in a changing world order and impedes conflict management. Weak governance is admittedly the weak link in our quest for prosperity and equity. It is imperative to eliminate corruption and abuse of office, not only from a moral perspective but also to ensure economic prosperity. The responsibility to ensure good governance is dualistic. The Government and people are shareholders. The well-being of the society and the Nation are determined by conjoined participation. This paper is a commentary on Strategic corruption and its impact on governance mechanism, and the threat it imposes on human security and the integrity of a nation. Happenings across the globe, engulfing nations in debt trap leading to sale of strategic public assets, economic dependency curtailing decision on economic sanctions highlights the latent threat a nation faces due to corruption. A systemic phenomenon, corruption must be dealt with globally and form a coordinated foreign policy action amongst the comity of nations.