German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

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Area studies and comparative area studies on Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, and Global Affairs from Hamburg, Germany. Website: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en

GIGA expert Mariana Llanos at the alacip conference
Image: ISTANBUL, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 26: An aerial view of Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge, the third bridge over the Bosphorus Strait, which is under construction in Istanbul, Turkey on February 26, 2016. The third bridge, named the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge for the Ottoman sultan who was famous for his conquests in the Eastern world approaching its ‘last meters.’ Isa Terli / Anadolu Agency Text: "GIGA Focus. Bridges in a Fragmented World: Brazil, India, South Africa, and Turkey"
FILGUA 2026
welcome note
Image: Keiko Fujimori, the presidential candidate for the Popular Force (Fuerza Popular) party, waves as she drops her ballot into the box during the second round of the presidential elections in Lima, Peru on June 07, 2026. Text: "GIGA Focus. Why So Many Former First Ladies Run for Office, and Win"
Image: Poster featuring the failed coup is shown at a street in Istanbul on July 13, 2017, nearly one year anniversary of the aborted cout attempt, whch occurred on July 15, last year. More than fifty thousands of suspecgts related the coup ware in custody. Text: "Epic Autocratisation: Turkey’s Decade of Coup-Fuelled Transformation"
GIGA Insights "The NATO Summit in Turkey: Shifting Power Dynamics within the Alliance"
Julia Kramer and Mariana Llanos meet Catalina Cullas, the designated German Ambassador to Argentina
GIGA Talk Visual
GIGA China Series Visual
Roundtable
Roundtable
Roundtable
Keynote
GIGA is welcoming guests at the Landesvertretung in Berlin
Visual Humanitärer Salon
Students of Leuphana University are visiting the GIGA
A GIGA panel at LASA 2026
Text: "GIGA Focus. Jihadism in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards an Integrated Counterstrategy" Image: "Report on the military operation Barkhane and Operation Takuba (International Task Force) Fight against Jihadist Armed Terrorist Groups (GAT) in the BSS (Sahelo Saharan Band)"
GIGA Forum Visual
Visual GIGA Forum WM, 27. Mai
Image: Portrait of Theodora Benesch, Text: "Spotlight on Theodora Benesch"
Discussion with Gabriel Boric, President of Chile from 2022 until March 2026
Text: "We're hiring! Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) and two Doctoral Researchers (m/f/d) in the “Ending External Interventions” Research Project"
Image: April 2, 2025, Vienna, Austria, Austria: MARKUS REISNER, Colonel Officer in the Austrian Armed Forces and Historian (PhD) discusses the serious advancements of warfare in the Ukraine war and the developments of drone artillery. Text: "GIGA Focus. How Autonomous Weapon Systems Threaten International Humanitarian Law"
Visual BRICS-Veranstaltung, 20. Mai
Spender für Periodenprodukte
A Sudanese woman receives her food ration from "Takaya" the charity restaurant and a community kitchen, that helps the needy Sudanese in Omdurman areas recently controlled by the army during the conflict and war, during the holy month of Ramadan in the state of Khartoum, Sudan March 14, 2025. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig Text: GIGA Insights. Krieg im Sudan: GIGA-Forschende liefern Hintergründe
Text: "GIGA Focus. Scepticism, Distance, and Fear: How People in Germany See the Iran War" Image: "An Iranian flag is placed on the rubble of a police facility struck during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, March 4, 2026."
Visual Diskussionsreihe BRICS
Bild: "The European Union and revolutionary national flags fly after a speech by Peter Magyar, leader of the opposition Tisza party, following the partial results of the parliamentary election, in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2026. REUTERS/Marton Monus" Text: "GIGA Focus. Regierungswechsel in Ungarn: Beginnt nun die Re-Demokratisierung?"
Image: Filipino nurses who passed the December 2007 licensure examinations take their professional oath in Manila, Philippines 18 March 2008. Text: "GIGA Focus. Beyond Labour: A Bold Rethink of Germany–Philippines Migration"
Visual GIGA China Series, 14 April
Image: Portraits of Lisa and Julia. Text: ""Spotlight on..." Equal Opportunity Commissioners. We want to strengthen existing gender equality measures and introduce new initiatives to make the GIGA a place that is attentive to different life phases and needs."
Text: "We're hiring! Assistant Professorship (W1) 'International Politics' (m/f/d)"
Image: "Workers fix the front of Congress the day before lawmakers debate the removal of the nation's president in Lima, Peru, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026." Text: "GIGA Focus. Beyond the Presidency: The Power of Congress in Latin America"
Portrait of Thies Niemeier. Text: "Spotlight on New Research Fellow Thies Niemeier. We hope our research enables policymakers to design more targeted measures that can prevent democratic backsliding, military aggression, and humanitarian disasters."
Text: "We're hiring! Presidency of the GIGA (m/f/d)"
Image: "A line of cars waits outside a gas station after Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel announced that his government would roll out a plan to confront fuel shortages as the U.S. moves to block the supply of oil, in Havana, Cuba February 5, 2026 REUTERS/Norlys Perez" Text: "GIGA Insights. The US Blockade of Oil Shipments to Cuba: GIGA Expert Bert Hoffmann Warns of Humanitarian Crisis"
Image: "A worker at a lithium mine transports a byproduct in the Atacama Desert at the Salar de Atacama. The company Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is expanding its mining operations to meet the growing global demand for lithium carbonate." Text: "GIGA Focus. Europe’s Quest for Critical Raw Materials in Latin America"
GIGA Focus. Automation and Inequality: Social Safety Nets in the Age of AI
Portrait of Francisco Ahumada Lobos. Text: "Spotlight on... New Doctoral Researcher Francisco Ahumada Lobos." Quote: "My main motivation is to deepen our understanding of global supply chains, particularly the benefits and risks they carry at both micro- and macro-levels."
Visual GIGA Talk Syrien, 26.3.
Text: "Wir stellen ein! Bibliothekar:in (m/w/d) Zeitschriften- und Lizenzmanagement"
Image: October 26, 2025, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center. Text: "GIGA Focus. Autonomy and Its Limits: Brazil’s Response to Trump’s Threats"
Portrait of Soumya Chaturvedi Text: "Despite inherently lacking essential energy resources, emerging powers like India and China have adapted their foreign policy to assert or exercise agency. Through my research, I want to study how they did it."