Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies

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Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies

Type	Private
Established	1951; reorganized in 2003
Parent institution	Princeton University
Director	Deborah J. Yashar
Location	Princeton , New Jersey , United States
Website	piirs.princeton.edu

The Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) is the main research center for international studies and area studies at Princeton University and is one of the oldest centers of its kind in the United States.^[1] The Institute focuses on an interdisciplinary approach and its associated faculty is drawn from more than 150 professors and other scholars from more than 25 different departments within Princeton.^[1] Its director is political scientist Deborah J. Yashar, the Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs.^[2]