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The trade war between the US and China and the deadlocks in the World Trade Organisation are two examples of the current crisis of globalisation. We investigate how the world trade order is influenced by domestic concerns, international negotiations, and geo-economic competition.
Many rural areas in the Global South are facing tremendous challenges including persistent poverty, demographic pressure, climatic change and an eroding resource base. Competition for land and resources affects the lives of rural populations in multiple ways.
Large parts of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East are being very seriously affected by the disease, and the states of the Global South are showing a wide variation in their reactions. Learn more how the GIGA contributes to addressing the worldwide repercussions of the pandemic.
Russia's attack on Ukraine once again raises the question of the effectiveness of sanctions. Economic sanctions are a popular foreign policy tool for addressing a wide range of international challenges including conflicts, human rights violations, or terrorism. Learn more about GIGA's research on this topic.
To overcome war and violent conflicts, building and strengthening institutions for peace is crucial. This includes power-sharing governments, security sector reform and other processes. We investigate these and pay equal attention to institutions and processes that may obstruct peace.
The Indo-Pacific has emerged as the world’s economic and strategic centre of gravity, in which established and rising powers compete with each other. Learn more about the GIGA’s research, policy exchange and knowledge transfer activities on this mega region, focusing on the perspectives of governmental and non-governmental actors.
Democracy builds on common principles such as elections, division of power, and rule of law. In practice, democratic institutions often underperform due to executives overstepping powers, conflicts and power struggles causing stalemate in the policy process, and rule instability.
Religion is socially important and affects politics and socioeconomic developments in multiple ways. In recent years, religion has become increasingly contentious. Terrorist attacks, armed conflict and xenophobia have been making headlines. At the same time, religion can also contribute to peace.
Authoritarian practices are not only used in non-democratic regimes. They can increasingly be found also in formally democratic states, as the examples of shrinking civic space, populism, and democratic backsliding show. Learn more about the GIGA‘s research and knowledge transfer on the topic.
The global digital transformation is changing how we live and work, as well as how states relate to each other. Our researchers are analysing new opportunities/ challenges of digitalisation in the Global South and instruments of foreign policy, such as digital diplomacy and cyber sanctions.
Around 80 million people have been forcibly displaced by war or political violence worldwide. Several millions more have fled because of environmental disasters and socio-economic marginalisation. We focus on the background of this phenomenon in the regions of origin.
China is partner, competitor, and systemic rival of the European Union. But also a political actor that needs to be understood on its own terms. The GIGA offers substantial expertise on Chinese political and economic development and the country’s role in regional and global affairs.
We work on the politics of climate change. We investigate options to enable low and middle income countries to achieve lower-carbon trajectories without compromising economic development and poverty reduction and study the role of the Global South in international climate negotiations.
Multilateralism and global institutions are under severe challenge. We investigate the causes and repercussions of these problems, provide theoretical and empirical analyses of different institutions, and contribute to policy and public debates on reform.
The trade war between the US and China and the deadlocks in the World Trade Organisation are two examples of the current crisis of globalisation. We investigate how the world trade order is influenced by domestic concerns, international negotiations, and geo-economic competition.
Many rural areas in the Global South are facing tremendous challenges including persistent poverty, demographic pressure, climatic change and an eroding resource base. Competition for land and resources affects the lives of rural populations in multiple ways.
Large parts of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East are being very seriously affected by the disease, and the states of the Global South are showing a wide variation in their reactions. Learn more how the GIGA contributes to addressing the worldwide repercussions of the pandemic.
Russia's attack on Ukraine once again raises the question of the effectiveness of sanctions. Economic sanctions are a popular foreign policy tool for addressing a wide range of international challenges including conflicts, human rights violations, or terrorism. Learn more about GIGA's research on this topic.
To overcome war and violent conflicts, building and strengthening institutions for peace is crucial. This includes power-sharing governments, security sector reform and other processes. We investigate these and pay equal attention to institutions and processes that may obstruct peace.
The Indo-Pacific has emerged as the world’s economic and strategic centre of gravity, in which established and rising powers compete with each other. Learn more about the GIGA’s research, policy exchange and knowledge transfer activities on this mega region, focusing on the perspectives of governmental and non-governmental actors.
Democracy builds on common principles such as elections, division of power, and rule of law. In practice, democratic institutions often underperform due to executives overstepping powers, conflicts and power struggles causing stalemate in the policy process, and rule instability.
Religion is socially important and affects politics and socioeconomic developments in multiple ways. In recent years, religion has become increasingly contentious. Terrorist attacks, armed conflict and xenophobia have been making headlines. At the same time, religion can also contribute to peace.
Authoritarian practices are not only used in non-democratic regimes. They can increasingly be found also in formally democratic states, as the examples of shrinking civic space, populism, and democratic backsliding show. Learn more about the GIGA‘s research and knowledge transfer on the topic.
The global digital transformation is changing how we live and work, as well as how states relate to each other. Our researchers are analysing new opportunities/ challenges of digitalisation in the Global South and instruments of foreign policy, such as digital diplomacy and cyber sanctions.
Around 80 million people have been forcibly displaced by war or political violence worldwide. Several millions more have fled because of environmental disasters and socio-economic marginalisation. We focus on the background of this phenomenon in the regions of origin.
China is partner, competitor, and systemic rival of the European Union. But also a political actor that needs to be understood on its own terms. The GIGA offers substantial expertise on Chinese political and economic development and the country’s role in regional and global affairs.
We work on the politics of climate change. We investigate options to enable low and middle income countries to achieve lower-carbon trajectories without compromising economic development and poverty reduction and study the role of the Global South in international climate negotiations.
Multilateralism and global institutions are under severe challenge. We investigate the causes and repercussions of these problems, provide theoretical and empirical analyses of different institutions, and contribute to policy and public debates on reform.
The trade war between the US and China and the deadlocks in the World Trade Organisation are two examples of the current crisis of globalisation. We investigate how the world trade order is influenced by domestic concerns, international negotiations, and geo-economic competition.
Many rural areas in the Global South are facing tremendous challenges including persistent poverty, demographic pressure, climatic change and an eroding resource base. Competition for land and resources affects the lives of rural populations in multiple ways.
Large parts of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East are being very seriously affected by the disease, and the states of the Global South are showing a wide variation in their reactions. Learn more how the GIGA contributes to addressing the worldwide repercussions of the pandemic.
Seit zwei Jahren sanktioniert der Westen die russische Wirtschaft, doch die wächst weiter – zumindest laut offiziellen Angaben. Was bringen die Russland-Sanktionen?
Jemens Miliz gefährdet mit Schiffsattacken den Welthandel. Experte Jens Heibach erklärt, warum die Huthis sogar die USA herausfordern und sich von Teheran wenig vorschreiben lassen.
The Darién Gap is one of the most dangerous forced migration routes in the world. In this article, Indi-Carolina Kryg writes about the experiences of refugees she met in migrant shelters in Mexico in 2023. It is about suffering, hope, and the need for safe migration routes.
Botswana ist eine unerwartete Erfolgsgeschichte. Bei der Staatsgründung wirtschaftlich schwach und ohne nennenswerte Infrastruktur, gilt Botswana heute als eines der wohlhabendsten und stabilsten Länder Afrikas. Das liegt nicht nur am überlegten Umgang mit Diamantenvorkommen. Wie hat Botswana das geschafft?
Indien wird international umworben wie nie zuvor. Doch der Personenkult um Premierminister Narendra Modi und der Verfall demokratischer Standards nähren Zweifel an einer vermeintlichen "Wertepartnerschaft" mit dem Westen, kommentiert GIGA-Wissenschaftler Dr. Johannes Plagemann.
Swantje Schirmer, Alumna of the GIGA Doctoral Programme, is an Alliance Referee for Quality Management 4EU+ University Alliance / Heidelberg University. In this interview, she gives insights into her current job and time as a doctoral researcher at the GIGA.
Learn more about the activities of our Doctoral Researchers in the past month. Find out in which conferences they participated and what pieces were published in the last month.
This month, GIGA researchers will present their research findings on the topics of security, conflict, and peace processes at a workshop organised together with the Institute for International Studies in Barcelona (IBEI).
On 14 February 2024 Indonesia voted for a new president and a new parliament. GIGA expert PD Dr. Andreas Ufen analyses the election results and explains in an interview what challenges they pose for the country’s democracy going forwards.
Learn more about the activities of our Doctoral Researchers in the past month. Amongst other things our Doctoral Researcher Anna Fünfgeld successfully defended her dissertation.
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