· Actual problems of regional studies
· Actual socio-economic problems of the region of specialization
· Globalization and the processes of regionalism in the modern world
· Integration processes in the specialization region
· Information support of analytical activity
· History of foreign policy of the countries of the specialization region
· World-wide integrated regional studies
· Fundamentals of the methodology of the history of international relations
· Russia's policy towards the specialization region
· Political systems and cultures of the region of specialization
· Political science
· Security issues and conflicts in the specialization region
· The process of making political decisions in the country/countries of specialization
· Processes of modernization and transformation in the region of specialization
· Regional and sub-regional international organizations
· Regional subsystems of modern international relations in the region of specialization
· Socio-economic policy of the country/countries of specialization
· Comparative political science
· Ethnopsychology of the peoples of the region of specialization
· Information and analytical work in professional activities
· Professional-oriented foreign language practice