After various changes in the course of Taiwan's democratization, the institute is now affiliated to National Chengchi University, and has cast off its mantle as an exclusively KMT think tank to become one of Taiwan's most important centers of research in international politics.
隨著台灣民主化腳步，歷經「國際關係研究會」、「國際關係研究所」、「國際關係研究中心」三個時期。目前隸屬於政治大學，已漸褪去「國民黨專屬智庫」外衣，成為國內國際政治學研究重鎮。