by Phil Newell) NCCU Institute of International Relations Background: Set up in 1953 with government fund- ing, as the Association of International Research. At almost 50 years old the IIR is Taiwan's longest-established think tank.
政治大學國際關係研究中心成立背景：民國四十二年由政府出資成立，已有近五十年的歷史，是最老牌的台灣智庫。