In terms of foreign policy analysis the KazISS focused on the issues of national interest and security threats to Kazakhstan, it had to identify the place of Central Asia into the world geopolitics and understand the strategies the neighboring countries as well as world powers had towards the region.
Во внешней политике институт должен был изучать вопросы национальных интересов и угроз безопасности Казахстана, места Центральной Азии в мировой геополитике, стратегии соседних со страной мировых держав.