GIAS serves as an umbrella for several centers, including the Institute of International Studies(link is external) (IIS) and the Area Studies cluster composed of the Institute of Slavic, Eastern European and Eurasian Studies(link is external) (ISEEES), the Institute for South Asia Studies(link is external) (ISAS), the Center for African Studies(link is external) (CAS), the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies(link is external) (CLACS), the Institute of European Studies(link is external) (IES), the Center for Middle-Eastern Studies(link is external) (CMES), and the Canadian Studies Program(link is external).