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Starting at 1 pm (CET) 🕐
#GIGATalk and Report Launch “Global Perspectives on #ResponsibleEconomicStatecraft”

Join our panel guests Bert Hoffmann, Nora Kürzdörfer, Eduardo Valencia, Helen Nesadurai, Laura Oexle, and Elisabeth Winter in Berlin or online to discuss the usage of tools at the intersection of economic, foreign, and security policy.

➡️ Register here: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/giga-talks-berlin/report-launch-global-perspectives-on-responsible-economic-statecraft?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Die #Außenpolitik von #Trump gilt als schwer vorhersehbar. Doch andere Populisten wie #Erdoğan, #Duterte, #Orbán und #Modi zeigen: Populistische Außenpolitik ist berechenbarer als häufig angenommen.

➡️ Mehr im #GIGAInsight von Johannes Plagemann und Sandra Destradi: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/presse/nur-ein-populist-von-vielen-wie-unberechenbar-ist-trumps-aussenpolitik?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

4th Indo-German 1.5 Track Strategic Dialogue:
SWP and GIGA thank our esteemed partners from ICWA and RIS for joining us in Berlin. Intense exchange on #IndoPacific, #GlobalCooperation, #trade, #tech, #innovation, #ClimateMitigation. Amb. Ajit Gupte and Amb. Erik Kurzweil set the scene on Indo-German relations. Thank you also to @AuswaertigesAmt@social.bund.de for supporting.

➡️ Find the full programme here: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/conferences-and-workshops/indo-german-1-5-track-dialogue

Call for Abstracts: The #Gender and #PoliticalParticipation (GPP) Working Group is looking for abstracts for a seminar series in Spring 2025! Co-organised by #GIGA researcher Daniela Osorio Michel, this initiative provides space for graduate students and postdocs to share their work and receive valuable feedback.

➡️ Apply by 13 December and find more information here: https://forms.gle/XEX6aom7kvfn48GaA

New issue of the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs #JCSAA out!
This issue addresses authoritarian nostalgia in Indonesian politics, the Thai “bamboo diplomacy,” why the Myanmar-based insurgency organisation supports the Kyaukphyu SEZ, and more.

➡️ Read here: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/new-journal-of-current-southeast-asian-affairs-3-2024?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

On the future of #sanctions:
#GIGA hosted a workshop to discuss current theories and empirical examinations of the politics behind individual and sectoral sanctions – followed by a #GIGATalk, exploring how this policy may evolve after the #USelection.

Thanks to all participants!

How can #EconomicStatecraft tools be used responsibly?
At a #GIGATalk, Bert Hoffmann, Nora Kuerzdoerfer, Eduardo Valencia, Helen Nesadurai, Laura Oexle, and Elisabeth Winter will launch a report on this issue and discuss their insights.

➡️ Register here to join us in Berlin or online on 28 November: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/giga-talks-berlin/report-launch-global-perspectives-on-responsible-economic-statecraft?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Last week, the #GIGA welcomed its Academic Advisory Board for the Midterm Audit of the Institute. The audit provided a great opportunity to present the quality of our #research, #knowledge exchange and #academic services, reflect on progress, and discuss next steps with the board members.

Thank you to everyone involved in this collaborative process! Together we will continue to expand our contributions to understanding global challenges. 💪

#ViolenceAgainstWomen is a global crisis. 🚨
Watch the #GIGAForum discussion to learn about gender-based violence faced by women in different countries, and ways forward: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/giga-forum/violence-against-women-a-global-crisis
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen

Starting at 5 pm CET:
“From Hamburg to Brazil: New Pathways for Global Cooperation at the G20”
#GIGAForum with Tomás Marques, Ariel M. Hernandez, Tatiana Berringer, Axel Berger, and Miriam Prys-Hansen.

➡️ Register here to join us online: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/giga-forum/from-hamburg-to-brazil-new-pathways-for-global-cooperation-at-the-g20?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#China’s Foreign Ministry: At the upcoming #GIGA China Series lecture, our speaker Dylan Loh discusses how the idea of 'China' is produced, articulated, and represented on the world stage.

➡️ Register now for 5 December: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/veranstaltungen/konferenzen-und-workshops/giga-china-series?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Global Perspectives on #ResponsibleEconomicStatecraft: Bert Hoffmann, Nora Kuerzdoerfer, Eduardo Valencia, Helen Nesadurai, Laura Oexle, and Elisabeth Winter will discuss how economic tools can help to navigate geopolitical tensions.

➡️ Join our #GIGATalk in Berlin or online on 28 November: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/giga-talks-berlin/report-launch-global-perspectives-on-responsible-economic-statecraft?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Today at 5:30 pm CET:

At the #GIGATalk on "The Future of #Sanctions after the US Elections", Adrian Seufert (Federal Foreign Office, Germany), Maria Shagina (International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)), Christian von Soest (GIGA), Jordan Tama (American University's School of International Service), and Julia Grauvogel will discuss.

➡️ Register now to join us online or in Berlin: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/giga-talks-berlin/the-future-of-sanctions-after-the-us-elections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Die #Huthi im #Jemen drangsalieren Zivilist:innen, überfallen Handelsschiffe im Roten Meer und feuern Raketen auf #Israel. Über die Ideologie der Miliz und die Geschichte des Landes spricht #GIGA-Forscher Jens Heibach im DLF-Podcast "Der Rest ist Geschichte".

➡️ Hier anhören: https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/huthi-jemen-geschichte-miliz-100.html

On the #G20 and its changing dynamics, current recommendations, commitments, and goals: At our upcoming #GIGAForum, Tomás Marques, Ariel M. Hernandez, Tatiana Berringer, Axel Berger, and Miriam Prys-Hansen will discuss.

➡️ Register now to join us in Hamburg or online on Monday, 25 November: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/giga-forum/from-hamburg-to-brazil-new-pathways-for-global-cooperation-at-the-g20?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

The Future of Sanctions and Global Security after the US Elections: In the upcoming GIGA Talk, experts will discuss prospects for transatlantic collaboration, evolving design of sanctions, and bolstering international legitimacy.

On 21 Nov at the GIGA Berlin Office or online: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/giga-talks-berlin/the-future-of-sanctions-after-the-us-elections?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social

#G20 summit: #GlobalSouth is pushing the world order towards a multipolar organisation. The wars in #Ukraine & the #MiddleEast as well as the #US–#China dichotomy have high economic and social costs for the world order.

Read latest #GIGAFocus: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/brazil-g20-summit-2024-the-global-south-takes-centre-stage

How has the #G20 evolved since Hamburg 2017? Tomás Costa de Azevedo Marques, Ariel Macaspac Hernández, Tatiana Berringer, Axel Berger, and Miriam Prys-Hansen closely followed the development and will share their insights at the upcoming #GIGAForum, 25 Nov.

➡️Join us at the GIGA or online: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/giga-forum/from-hamburg-to-brazil-new-pathways-for-global-cooperation-at-the-g20?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social

🏆 We’re thrilled that #GIGA’s Anna Fünfgeld has been awarded the Arnold Bergstraesser Prize 2024 for her exceptional dissertation, “No Power to Change? Energy Hegemony and Trasformismo in Indonesia”. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition! 🎉 https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/the-giga/team/arnold-bergstraesser-prize-2024