Policy Exchange and GIGA Berlin Office

Am 13. und 14. Oktober 2025 boten GIGA-Wissenschaftler:innen im Rahmen von „Leibniz im Bundestag“ Einzelgespräche für Bundestagsabgeordnete zu aktuellen außenpolitischen Themen an. Parlamentsmitglieder aus allen Fraktionen machten davon Gebrauch. 

Global carbon markets rely heavily on land-based projects in the Global South. While offering to finance nature-based solutions, they risk overestimating emissions reductions and producing conflict with local communities over scarce land resources. A new Land Matrix report underlines the need for high-integrity markets.

Find out more about the key takeaways from this GIGA Talk here. The panel of high-level experts examined evolving alignments, external involvement, and conflict dynamics and discussed their implications for the region’s future.

With Maduro‘s arrest by US forces, Trump’s sanctions on President Petro, and crucial elections ahead, Colombia faces unprecedented challenges. This GIGA Talk examines how the peace process, drug trafficking, and US–Venezuela tensions will shape Colombia‘s political future and Germany‘s engagement with the country.

Indonesia is emerging as a vital German and European partner. Yet under President Prabowo Subianto, concerns about autocratisation are mounting. This event explores Indonesia’s political shifts, civil society resilience, and what democratic backsliding means for Germany’s strategic-partnership choices.

This workshop brings together experts from across regions to discuss critical issues at the intersection of AI governance, cyber resilience, and digital transformation.

This GIGA Talk explores how people and politicians across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East view today’s major conflicts — perspectives often missing from European media. Our panelists discuss how history, regional dynamics, and strategic priorities shape these diverse interpretations of events.

We cordially invite you to a keynote speech and Q&A session with His Excellency Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, OON, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Am 13. und 14. Oktober 2025 boten GIGA-Wissenschaftler:innen im Rahmen von „Leibniz im Bundestag“ Einzelgespräche für Bundestagsabgeordnete zu aktuellen außenpolitischen Themen an. Parlamentsmitglieder aus allen Fraktionen machten davon Gebrauch. 

Global carbon markets rely heavily on land-based projects in the Global South. While offering to finance nature-based solutions, they risk overestimating emissions reductions and producing conflict with local communities over scarce land resources. A new Land Matrix report underlines the need for high-integrity markets.

Find out more about the key takeaways from this GIGA Talk here. The panel of high-level experts examined evolving alignments, external involvement, and conflict dynamics and discussed their implications for the region’s future.

Organiser: Bertelsmann Stiftung Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Consultant)

Acting as coordinator for country reports on Japan, Australia, and New Zealand

Global carbon markets rely heavily on land-based projects in the Global South. While offering to finance nature-based solutions, they risk overestimating emissions reductions and producing conflict with local communities over scarce land resources. A new Land Matrix report underlines the need for high-integrity markets.

Organiser: Gesellschaft für Sicherheitspolitik e.V., Sektion Elbe-Weser (GSP e.V.), Gesellschaft für Sicherheitspolitik e.V. Prof. Dr. Eckart Woertz (Consultant)

Der Konflikt hat auch neue Facetten angenommen, wie die Verstetigung israelischer Siedlungspolitik in den besetzten Gebieten, die eine Zweistaatenlösung zunehmend unmöglich erscheinen lassen. Der Vortrag beleuchtet die historischen Hintergründe des Konflikts und diskutiert mögliche Lösungsansätze.

Organiser: Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation e.V. (Berlin) (FES Berlin), Friedrich Ebert Foundation Dr. Tomas Costa de Azevedo Marques (Consultant), Dr. Johannes Plagemann (Consultant), Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen (Consultant)

How can the G20 effectively navigate a fractured international landscape?

Organiser: Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Consultant), Oliver Hasenkamp (Consultant)

Patrick Köllner and Oliver Hasenkamp speak about multilateralism, climate change, security issues, and the role of external actors in Oceania at the Royal College of Defence Studies’ Global Strategy Programme, a training course for senior military officers and officials from 45 countries.

With Maduro‘s arrest by US forces, Trump’s sanctions on President Petro, and crucial elections ahead, Colombia faces unprecedented challenges. This GIGA Talk examines how the peace process, drug trafficking, and US–Venezuela tensions will shape Colombia‘s political future and Germany‘s engagement with the country.

Indonesia is emerging as a vital German and European partner. Yet under President Prabowo Subianto, concerns about autocratisation are mounting. This event explores Indonesia’s political shifts, civil society resilience, and what democratic backsliding means for Germany’s strategic-partnership choices.

Organiser: Leuphana University of Lüneburg Prof. Dr. Eckart Woertz (Consultant)

Sprecher bei Podiumsdiskussion

Annual Meeting of the Association for Social Science Research on China, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Berlin Organisers: Mercator Institute for China Studies Dr. Julia Gurol-Haller (Consultant)

Together with Mikko Huotari (MERICS), Anne Braun (FFO) and Stefan Messingschlager (Helmut-Schmidt University), Julia Gurol-Haller discussed the challenges and opportunities for policy transfer and policy impact as well as knowledge transfer in contemporary China studies.

Organiser: Akademie Sankelmark Prof. Dr. Eckart Woertz (Consultant)

Vortrag

This GIGA Talk explores how people and politicians across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East view today’s major conflicts — perspectives often missing from European media. Our panelists discuss how history, regional dynamics, and strategic priorities shape these diverse interpretations of events.

Contested Conflicts: Diverse Perspectives on Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine, and Beyond, GIGA Berlin Office, Friedrichstraße 206, 10969 Berlin Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Olena Osypenkova (Moderator)

As conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan dominate European media, this talk broadens the lens by examining how Global South actors interpret these crises through their own histories, regional dynamics, and strategic priorities - and what this means for EU foreign policy.

Organiser: Bertelsmann Stiftung Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Consultant)

Acting as coordinator for country reports on Japan, Australia, and New Zealand

Global carbon markets rely heavily on land-based projects in the Global South. While offering to finance nature-based solutions, they risk overestimating emissions reductions and producing conflict with local communities over scarce land resources. A new Land Matrix report underlines the need for high-integrity markets.

Organiser: Gesellschaft für Sicherheitspolitik e.V., Sektion Elbe-Weser (GSP e.V.), Gesellschaft für Sicherheitspolitik e.V. Prof. Dr. Eckart Woertz (Consultant)

Der Konflikt hat auch neue Facetten angenommen, wie die Verstetigung israelischer Siedlungspolitik in den besetzten Gebieten, die eine Zweistaatenlösung zunehmend unmöglich erscheinen lassen. Der Vortrag beleuchtet die historischen Hintergründe des Konflikts und diskutiert mögliche Lösungsansätze.

Organiser: Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation e.V. (Berlin) (FES Berlin), Friedrich Ebert Foundation Dr. Tomas Costa de Azevedo Marques (Consultant), Dr. Johannes Plagemann (Consultant), Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen (Consultant)

How can the G20 effectively navigate a fractured international landscape?