Specialists in this field study political role of the military, military doctrines and concepts, international aspects of different military actions, NATO expansions problems, and the means to promote stability. Special attention at the Institute is given to the analysis of US foreign policy and its role on the world arena. Research in the area of domestic politics includes analysis of a broad set of issues. Special attention is paid to the study of American political system, social basis of the political process, interior domestic policy of the US, public consciousness and American political culture. Researchers study the system of global economic relations, the role of American economy in this system.
Special focus is made on the Russian-American trade and economic relations.
Department of Canada conducts a complex research of Canadian domestic and foreign policy, Russian-Canadian relations in different fields, Canada's economic development and place in the world division of labor.