Research Centers
Research Centers in International Relations on the Web
A list of links to web sites for Research Centers in International Relations
Country Index
Argentina | Australia | Austria | Bangladesh | Belgium | Belarus | Bulgaria | Cambodia | Canada | Costa Rica | Croatia | Czech Republic | Denmark | Egypt | Estonia | Ethiopia | Finland | France | Georgia | Germany | Greece | Hong Kong | India | Indonesia | Iran | Ireland | Israel | Italy | Japan | Jordan | Kuwait | Lebanon | Malaysia | Malta | Nepal | Netherlands | New Zealand | Northern Ireland | Norway | Pakistan | Palestinian Authority | Philippines | Poland | Portugal | Romania | Russia | Serbia and Montenegro | Singapore | South Africa | South Korea | Spain | Sri Lanka | Sweden | Switzerland | Taiwan | Thailand | Trinidad and Tobago | Turkey | Ukraine | United Arab Emirates | United Kingdom | United States
Argentina
- Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI)
- Institute of International Relations (IIR) Universidad Nacional del La Plata
Australia
- Asia-Australia Institute at University of New South Wales (AAI)
- Asia Research Centre
- Australia-Japan Research Centre (AJRC), Asia Pacific School of Economics and Goverment, Australian National University
- The Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA)
- Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University (CAIS)
- Centre for Military and Strategic Studies (CMSS), University of Calgary
- Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPACS) Sydney University
- Contemporary China Centre. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
- Monash Asia Institute
- Research Insitute for Asia and the Pacific (RIAP), University of Sydney
- Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS), Australian National University
- Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC), Australian National University
Austria
- Austrian Institute for international Affairs (OIIP)
- Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy
- Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Peace Center Burg Schlaining
- Vienna School of International Studies
- European University Center for Peace Studies (EPU), Peace Center Burg Schlaining
Bangladesh
- Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS)
- Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA)
Belarus
Belgium
- Centre For European Policy Studies (CEPS)
- Centre for European Security and Disarmament (CESD)
- European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS)
- Group for Research and Information on Peace and Security (GRIP)
- European Institute for Research on Mediterranean and Euro-Arab Cooperation (MEDEA)
- International & European Research Unit (IERU), University of Ghent
- International Center for Caspian Studies (ICCS)
- Royal Institute for International Relations/Institut Royal des Relations Internationales (IRRI-KIIB)
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Canada
- Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)
- Canadian Institute of International Affairs (CIIA/ICAI)
- Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies (CISS)
- Centre for Conflict Studies, University of New Brunswick
- Centre for Defence and Security Studies, University of Manitoba
- The Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University
- Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto
- Centre for Peace Studies, McMaster University
- Centre of International Relations, University of British Columbia
- Liu Institute for Global Issues
- Munk Centre for International Studies (MCIS)
- The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) Carleton University
- Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC)
- Research Group in International Security, McGill University and Université de Montréal
- Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Toronto
- York Centre for International and Security Studies, York University
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
- Institute of International Relations (IIR)
- Jan Masaryk Center for International Relations
- International Institute for Political Science of Masaryk University (IIPS)
Denmark
- Danish Institute of International Studies (DIIS)
- Research Center for Development and International Relations (DIR)
Egypt
Estonia
Ethiopia
Finland
France
- Center for International Studies and Research (CERI)
- Institute for Security Studies, European Union
- Institut Francais des Relations Internationales (IFRI)
Georgia
- Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD)
- Center for Peace and International Relations Studies (CPIRS)
Germany
- American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
- European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI)
- Frederich Ebert Stiftung (FES)
- George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtig Politik (DGAP)
- Hessische Stiftung für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (HSFK)
- Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV)
- Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitpolitik (IFSH), Universität Hamburg
- SWP: Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Greece
- Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
- Institute of International Relations (IIR)
- Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS/EIEAM)
Hong Kong
India
- Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)
- Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS)
- Security and Political Risk Analysis, SAPRA INDIA
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland
- Centre for Peace and Development Studies, University of Limerick
- Dublin European Institute (DEI) University College Dublin
- Institute of European Affairs
Israel
- Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA,) Bar-Ilan University
- The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace
- Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI)
- The Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies (JCSS), Tel Aviv University
- The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University
- The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research (TSC), Tel Aviv University
Italy
Japan
- Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) Kyoto University
- Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima City University
- Institute for Peace Science (IPSHU) Hiroshima University
- Japan Forum on International Relations, Inc. (JFIR)
- Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP)
- The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)
- National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA)
- Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research
Jordan
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Malaysia
Malta
Nepal
Netherlands
- Centre for European Security Studies (CESS)
- Conflict Research Unit (CRU), Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Clingendael
- Cicero Foundation (CF)
- International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS)
- Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Clingendael
- European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER), University of Utrecht
New Zealand
Northern Ireland
Norway
Pakistan
Palestinian Authority
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
- Carnegie Moscow Center
- Center for Policy Studies in Russia (PIR)
- Center for Political and International Studies (CPIS)
- Institute of Europe
- Institute for the U.S. and Canada Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (ISKRAN)
Serbia and Montenegro
Singapore
- East Asian Institute (EAI) National University of Singapore
- Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS) Nanyang Technological University
- Institute of Policy Studies (IPS)
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
- Singapore institute of International Affairs (SIIA)
South Africa
- Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA)
- African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
- Centre for Conflict Resolution
- Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
- The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
South Korea
Spain
- CIDOB Fundacion: Centre of International Relations and International Cooperation
- Research Unit on Security and International Cooperation (UNISCI), Complutense University of Madrid
Sri Lanka
Sweden
- Center for Research in International Migration and Ethnic Relations (CEIFO) Stockholm University
- Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
- The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (SIIA)
Switzerland
- Center for International Studies (CIS)
- Center for Security Studies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
- Centre Europe-Tiers Monde (CETIM)
- Centre for Applied Studies in International Negotiations (CASIN)
- Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)
- Geneva International Peace Research Institute (GIPRI)
- Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva
- Modern Asia Research Center (MARC)
Taiwan
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Ukraine
- Center for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine (CPCFPU)
- International Centre for Policy Studies
- Ukrainian Centre for International Security Studies (UCISS)
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
- Centre for Asia-Pacific Studies, Nottingham Trent University
- Centre for Defence & International Security Studies (CDISS) Lancaster University
- Department of International Politics, University of Wales
- Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
- The Diplomatic Academy of London (DAL) University of Westminster
- The Foreign Policy Centre (FPC)
- Institute of Central and East European Studies (ICEES) University of Glascow
- International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU) University of Durham
- International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
- Mountbatten Centre for International Studies (MCIS), Southampton University
- The Richardson Institute: Research in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Lancaster University
- Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA)
- Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI)
United States
U.S. Research Centers by Name Index (Alphabetical)
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
- The Africa-America Institute
- Africa Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University
- Albert Einstein Institution
- Alexis de Tocqueville Institution
- American Foreign Policy Council
- American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS), Johns Hopkins University
- Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies (SIWPS), Columbia University
- Asia/Pacific Research Center (A/PARC), Stanford University
- Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS)
- The Atlantic Council of the United States
B
- Belfer Center for Science and international Affairs, Harvard University
- British American Security Information Council
- Brookings Institution
C
- Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
- The Carter Center
- Cato Institute
- Center for Defense Information (CDI)
- Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies (CGPCS), University of California, Irvine
- Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CDHS), National Defense University
- Center for International Policy (CIP)
- Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University
- Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM)
- Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Center for International Studies (CIS), University of Missouri-St. Louis
- Center for International Studies (CIS), University of Southern California
- Center for Migration Studies
- Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University
- Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas
- Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
- Center for Peace and Security Studies (CPASS), Georgetown University
- The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
- Center for the Study of Global Issues (GLOBIS) University of Georgia
- Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies (USMEX), University of California, San Diego
- Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
D
E
- East-West Center
- The Eastwest Institute (EWI)
- Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
F
G
H
- The Henry L. Stimson Center
- The Heritage Foundation
- Hoover Institution, Stanford University
- Hudson Institute
I
- Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR) George Mason University
- Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA)
- Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
- Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology and Policy (ISCIP), Boston University
- Institute of International Studies (IIS) University of California, Berkeley
- Institute of World Affairs, IWA
- Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) University of California, San Diego
- Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC)
- International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)
- International Law Institute (ILI)
- International Peace Institute
J
- James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
- The Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
- The Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, University of San Diego
- John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
M
- Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University
- The Martin Institute for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, University of Idaho
- Matsunaga Institute for Peace, University of Hawaii
- Middle East Institute
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Monterey Institute of International Studies, MIIS
N
- National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
- Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University
- North American Institute (NAMI)
P
- Palestine Center
- Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Johns Hopkins University
- Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security (ACDIS) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School
- Program on Global Security and Cooperation (GSC), Social Science Research Council
- Program on Nonviolent Sanctions and Cultural Survival, Harvard University
- Peace Operations Policy Program (POPP), George Mason University
- Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
R
- RAND Corporation
- Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies (RIFIAS) Indiana University
- Richard L. Walker Institute of International Studies, University of South Carolina
- Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations, UCLA
S
- Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brooking Institution
- Southern Center for International Studies (SCIS)
- Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation (SCCN), Stanford University
- Stanford Institute for International Studies (IIS), Stanford University
W
- Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University
- Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA), Harvard University
- Western Policy Center
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Country Index
U.S. Research Centers by Name Index
Updated: April 21, 2009