An institute of international studies (or institute for international studies) is a type of research center or school that focuses on international studies, international relations, or area studies. It is often, though not always, part of a university or college where it is often affiliated with, and sometimes funded by, a university's public policy, public administration, or international relations school, a degree-granting institution. These centers may also provide geographic areas of specializations, offer internship or study-abroad opportunities, and/or give support services to university students.
One of the earliest centers for international studies was founded in 1935 at Yale University. The Yale Institute of International Studies (1935-1951) sought to establish a central point of contact for teaching and research on international affairs, societies, and cultures. Its successor today is the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies. Some scholars felt that scholars at the institute conducted too much research as individuals rather than in groups. Eight of these scholars moved to Princeton University where they founded the Center of International Studies in 1951. Institutes similar to those at Yale and Princeton soon emerged in the 1950s at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Some of these institutions are think tanks and focus on both military strategy and international diplomacy (the two being interlinked). Examples include the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. This article focuses mainly on the academic institutes.
United States
+ List of institutes for international studies in the United States Institute Name University Affiliation (if applicable) Year founded Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Harvard University 1958 Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies Princeton University 1951; reorganized in 2003 MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies Yale University 1935; renamed in early 1980s; see also Yale Institute of International Studies Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Stanford University 1987 Watson Institute for International Studies Brown University 1979 Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey Middlebury College 1955 Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies University of Pennsylvania 1983 Duke University Center for International Studies Duke University Institute of International Studies University of California, Berkeley MIT Center for International Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1951 Mortara Center For International Studies Georgetown University 2003 David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies Brigham Young University University of Pittsburgh Center for International Studies University of Pittsburgh 1968 Center for Global Studies University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign 2000
Other countries Institute for International Studies at University of Technology Sydney, Australia Center for International Legal Studies, Austria Montreal Centre for International Studies of the University of Montréal, Canada Munk Centre for International Studies of the University of Toronto, Canada Institute of International Relations Prague, Czech Republic Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark Institute of International Studies at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia International Center for Persian Studies, Iran Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism, Jerusalem, Israel Center for International and Regional Studies, Qatar International Centre for Studies into Communism, Romania CEI International Affairs of the University of Barcelona, Spain Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, Sri Lanka Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland Institute of International Studies at Ramkhamheang University, Thailand International Centre for Policy Studies, Ukraine International Centre for Prison Studies of the University of Essex, UK
References
See also List of schools of international relations International studies