Monographic studies on some actual problems are carried out in the Institute. One can find materials of RISS' experts regularly published in a variety of Russian and foreign newspapers and magazines. RISS took part in organizing Polish-Russian round table on problems of European security and bilateral relations. The Institute represents its point of view on the numerous international meetings being held in Russia and abroad. RISS ' experts are often invited to hearings in the Committees of the Federation Council and State Duma, take part in the activities of interdepartmental working groups, established by the Government, ministries and departments and accomplish projects on their demand.
Special agreements are signed with interested ministries, information exchange is carried out.
RISS develops scientific cooperation with similar institutes of the Russian Academy of Science, Ministry of Defense and other scientific centers and high schools. Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Institute of Europe, Institute of Far East are among them. In the framework of such cooperation joint studies are going on, monographs are being published. Close cooperation is developed between RISS and national institutes for strategic studies of Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Uzbekistan and other countries-members of CIS, as well as with its analogs in Estonia and Lithuania. RISS has stable links with a number of state structures, political organizations and research centers in West Europe, USA and Asia.