We are pleased to present the GIGA Annual Report 2025. The report provides an overview of our research results, projects, and achievements of the past year. Discover the highlights and learn more about our work: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/new...
#Peace in Pieces? Our second roundtable explored the patterns and pitfalls of #peacebuilding in an increasingly fragile international order, drawing on experiences from the Middle East and North Africa, West Africa and the Sahel, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. 🕊️
#ComparativeAreaStudies in the Making: Day 2 of our Research meets Policy-Event started with a roundtable on #TransnationalRepression – how authoritarian states extend repression beyond their borders and target diaspora communities abroad. 🌍
From the importance of #AreaExpertise to the challenges facing liberal democracies and the future of #multilateralism: GIGA President @skurtenbach.bsky.social kicked off the event, followed by keynotes by MdB @rodki.bsky.social and Louise Fawcett @ox.ac.uk. 🗨️🌐
The FIFA Men’s #WorldCup2026 has implications for nationalism, sportswashing, and social protests in #MiddleEast & #NorthAfrica. In our latest #GIGAFocus, André Bank, Idriss Jebari, Hamid Talebian & @eckartwoertz.bsky.social analyse the politics of #football: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
#Research Meets Policy: We are happy that over the next two days, the #GIGA is bringing together policy-makers, researchers, and practitioners in Berlin to discuss "Policy Realignment amid #Multipolarisation: Leveraging Area Expertise." We look forward to in-depth discussions and exchanges. ⚖️🌎
🆕 How does Islamic ethical thought shape socio-political life in Northern Nigeria?
Fahm and Ibrahim show how Islamic ethical frameworks shape ideas of leadership, community resilience, and social repair amid governance, insecurity, and inequality.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/00020397261452691
What comes after the liberal international order? 🌍
Join us for a WONAGO Lecture with Nora Fisher-Onar (University of San Francisco), introducing "multiplexity 2.0".
🗓️ 16 June, 16:00 CET
📍 @giga-hamburg.de Hamburg + online
Registration: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a640d0...
#Flüchtlingspolitik: Weltweit sind mehr Menschen auf Schutz angewiesen; gleichzeitig werden #Grenzsicherung und #Migrationspolitik restriktiver. Beim ersten Humanitären Salon spricht Katharina Thote @unhcr.org über diese Entwicklungen.
➡️ Jetzt anmelden, 18. Juni: www.giga-hamburg.de/de/veranstal...
Caught in the Middle? Our third roundtable explored how states are navigating an increasingly fragmented international order through strategies of #multialignment, drawing on perspectives from Europe, Brazil, India, Southeast Asia, and beyond. 🌐
German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
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Africa Spectrum
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