Indonesian Political Sciences Association was established in Jakarta on January 17, 1985, by the late Dr. Alfian, the late Prof. Dr. (HC) Miriam Budiardjo and a number of other scientists. The birth of AIPI was inspired in large part by other professional associations, the American Political Science Association (APSA), in the United States. Like APSA which became a forum for American political scientists and published scientific journals about the development of current political theory.