The Center for Foreign Policy and National Security was established to help devise foreign affairs and national security policies that contribute to the stability of Northeast Asia and the promotion of peace on the Korean Peninsula through theoretical considerations and empirical analysis of the ever-changing geopolitical environment internationally. By holding joint academic conferences with a wide range of domestic and foreign research institutes, while also conducting research projects and releasing publications at the same time, the center plays an important role in contributing to the revitalization of public-private cooperation networks as it heightens the level of social discourse. The main research topics are related to multilateral cooperation and regional security, public diplomacy, and comparative analysis of foreign affairs and national security policies by country.

The Center for Regional Studies consists of five separate program areas—the United States, China, Japan, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia & Oceania—with the programs all attempting to analyze and understand each region by carrying out research on their relations with Korea. This includes a host of pending responsibilities and issues, notably those concerned with politics, economics, society & culture, and international relations in each specific area. While exploring the direction of foreign policy through detailed investigations into a particular region and its associated countries, the center highlights Korea’s role as a developed and technologically advanced country in the always-changing international community.