IIPS was opened in 1995 as an international non-governmental organisation to promote the progress of Belarus, its sovereignty and integration in the European and world communities. The IIPP is a member of professional associations as Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes.
The center’s activities include:
- research on the topical international and domestic issues
- creating analytical models and forecasting policy outcomes
- evaluating state and alternative foreign and domestic policy programs
- training of specialists
- organisation of conferences, seminars and ’round tables’.
The Institute publishes the international politics journal ‘Vector’ available online featuring the main trends and developments in the country. Russian, Belarusian and English languages website also presents the news, conferences, projects and publications.