The Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security(IFANS) is co-hosting an academic conference on March 12 under the title of ‘Policies of the Lee Myung-bak administration on national security, foreign affairs and unification' with other research institutions : the Korea Association of International Studies; the Korea Institute for National Unification and; the Research Institute on National Security Affairs of the Korea National Defense University. The outcomes of this conference are expected to contribute to the new administration's elaborating on the aforementioned government policies.