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  • GIGA Focus Middle East | 4/2025

    The Fall of Assad in Syria Is Not the End of Captagon

    Does the fall of Assad in Syria mean the end of the drug known as Captagon? No. While the Islamist interim government has destroyed drug laboratories and pills, demand for cheap drugs remains strong in Syria and in its neighbouring countries. Captagon production and smuggling are transnationalising.

    Johannes Haupt

    Universität Hamburg

    W1 Professorship in Development Economics with a focus on Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, or Asia (f/m/d)

    The Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Göttingen and the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) invite applications for a temporary professorship with civil servant status (three years initilly) effective at the earliest possible date. The Professorship (f/m/d) will be in Development Economics with a focus on Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, or Asia. The post holder will actively participate in knowledge transfer activities at the GIGA.

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) - Comparative politics with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa

    The GIGA seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) in Comparative politics with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Applications are invited for a full-time position, with an initial contract of three years. The successful applicant should start as soon as possible. Potential research areas include autocratisation and democratisation, domestic politics and/or institutions, external actors, comparative political economy, the comparative study of conflicts, questions of misinformation or repression, and the political challenges arising from digitalisation. We expect the candidate to outline a corresponding research agenda.

    GIGA Focus Global | 1/2025

    The Global South and German Foreign Policy under the Next Government

    Geopolitical rivalry with China, the collapse of Russia as a trading partner, and the radical paradigm shift in US foreign policy under Trump evince a core truth: Germany needs reliable partners in the Global South. How can the incoming government best respond? Four trends to note are outlined.

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