The German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) is an independent research institute based in Hamburg and a member of the Leibniz Association.
In the GIGA Focus, we publish our research findings and concise analyses of current events. The various editions cover politics, economics, and society in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, respectively, as well as global trends.
Observer Research Foundation (ORF), 2020
The Security Times - Policy Briefs, 2020
Latin American Politics and Society, 62, 2020, 2, 29-52
In the Africa Spectrum, the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, and the Journal of Politics in Latin America, we publish excellent contributions from researchers around the world.
GIGA Working Paper, No. 323, August 2020
Brazil and Germany in a Multipolar World: Global and Regional Challenges | Conference © Sabine Kurtenbach
The Hamburg G20 Summit One Year On: Africa in German and International Politics | Panel discussion © GIGA / Claudia Höhne
Actively Include Youth in Peace Processes! | GIGA Forum © GIGA
Lecture by Professor Peter Katzenstein | GIGA Lecture Series © GIGA / Claudia Höhne
Krise ohne Ausweg? Nordkorea und die Bombe GIGA NDR Series Crossing Borders – Auslandskorrespondenten treffen Wissenschaftler © GIGA /Catharina Rudschies
A Sustainable Investment Compact with Africa | GIGA Talk © GIGA / Ann-Kathrin Benner
Breaches and Bridges – German Foreign Policy in Turbulent Times | GIGA Lecture Series © Christoph Behrends
The GIGA is taking the coronavirus situation very seriously: Until further notice, all GIGA events take place exclusively in the digital space and Team GIGA is working from home.
Online event
1:15 p.m. | Online event
GIGA Global Transitions Conference 2020 | Online event
2:00 p.m. | Online event
In cooperation with the Centre de recherche internationales de Sciences Po (CERI) and the Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l'Ecole Militaire (IRSEM)
9:00 a.m. | Online event
Prof. Dr. Amrita Narlikar on India’s Foreign Economic Policy (Statecraft)
GIGA President Prof. Amrita Narlikar on modernizing the WTO (Centre for International Governance Innovation, CIGI)
GIGA President Prof. Amrita Narlikar on Globalisation (BBC World News)
Prof. Dr. Matthias Basedau über die Ausbreitung islamistischen Terrors (tagesschau.de)
Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach zur Lage in Venezuela (tagesschau.de)
Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach zum rechtskonservativen Trend in Südamerika (tagesschau24)
Germany held the G20 presidency in 2017. The German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) has a long-standing record of top-class research on G20-related topics, and also participated in some of the G20 processes. Learn more about our activities.
