The main scientific activities of the Institute comprise:

  Theories of the world economy and international relations, the new model of global economic and political development;

  Long-term institutional and structural changes in the world economy and the international division of labor, the role and place of Russia in these processes;

  Social factors and contemporary socio-political institutions in the international development;

  Globalization and regional integration, the optimization of Russian participation in the world economy;

  Trends and perspectives of innovation development as the most important factor of economic growth;

  Economic, political and social development of the overseas countries and regions;

  formation and evolution of the system of international relations, the role and place of Russia in it;

  International security and the Russian national security, the prevention and resolution of international conflicts, the prevention of international terrorism;

  Long-term and short-term forecasts of global development.