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The Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security(IFANS) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade performs two main functions: policy related research, and education and training.

- Conducting research on foreign affairs and national security
- Preparing recommendations on foreign policy and national security issues
- Hosting conferences and seminars with experts at home and abroad on international affairs
as well as foreign policy and national security issues
- Promoting exchanges and joint research with similar institutions at home and abroad

- Providing professional education and job training for foreign service officers
- Offering in-house and overseas training in foreign languages
- Organizing overseas training in specialized studies for mid-career foreign service officers
- Providing orientation and training for the officials of other government agencies and the
staffs of private organizations who are to be assigned overseas

In 1963 the Educational Institute of Foreign Service Officers (EIFSO) was established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the purpose of training foreign service officers. In 1965 EIFSO was expanded to include a research unit on foreign affairs and renamed the Research Institute of Foreign Affairs (RIFA).
To meet the growing need for comprehensive and systematic analysis of changing regional and global environments, RIFA was reorganized as the present day IFANS in 1977, with the focus on its research function.
Through several stages of expansion, IFANS has established itself as the largest research and training institution of its kind in the nation, playing the role of think tank for foreign policy decision maker and birthplace for world-class diplomats.