Section 2: Objectives

The objectives of the Institute are to —(a) encourage and facilitate the understanding of international affairs and the circumstances, conditions and attitudes of foreign countries and their peoples, and international organisations;
(b) provide and maintain means of information upon international questions and promote the study and investigation of international questions using conferences, lectures and discussions, and by the preparation and publication of books, records, reports, or otherwise as may seem desirable to develop a body of informed opinions on world affairs;
(c) establish contacts with other organisations with similar objects.
(d) provide a nursery of ideas on the direction in international affairs that Nigeria should take, to provide a meeting ground for people of all nations and rich soil for the cross-fertilisation of their ideas, to be accomplished through painstaking research, conferences, seminars, workshops, roundtable discussions, and public lectures on crucial issues in world affairs;
(e) serve as a national body of expertise for all matters relating to international affairs;
(f)
oversee the implementation and monitoring of national standards for international affairs;
(g) consult with and make recommendations to the government, regulatory bodies, trade associations, academic community and other professional bodies on all matters relating to international affairs;
(h) encourage an open exchange of ideas, cooperation with individuals, corporate bodies and governments in the pursuit of its mandate; and
(i) focus on research in areas such as international politics, international land organisation, international economic relations, security and strategic studies, as well as African politics and integration.