Germs, Guns, and Rage: COVID-19 and Violent Conflict in the Global South

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Latin American countries particularly hard and exposed structural vulnerabilities in the region. At a joint workshop of the EU-LAC Foundation and the GIGA, scholars will assess key policy challenges in the areas of social protection, labour informality, education, health, state capacity, migration, and more.

The Peace and Security Research Programme analyses how identities and ideologies, institutional arrangements, and international interventions affect peace and conflict dynamics in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East and investigates international violence and security trends.

The GIGA combines in-depth area expertise and cutting-edge comparative methods from the social sciences. The complementary interaction of four regional institutes and four cross-cutting thematic research programmes enables the GIGA to pursue its unique approach.

Large parts of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East have been very seriously affected by COVID-19, with the states of the Global South showing a wide variety of reactions to its onset and the long-term effects of the pandemic continuing to play out today.

Why do some subnational units respond better to crises than others, despite having the same constitutional authority to act? This GIGA Focus investigates the cases of four Indian states to identify factors contributing to successful COVID-19 crisis management.

Im Interview mit der taz spricht Dr. André Bank über die politische Lage in Syrien nach dem schweren Erdbeben vom 6. Februar. Er plädiert für die Öffnung weiterer Grenzübergänge an der syrisch-türkischen Grenze und warnt die EU davor, Hilfe über das brutale Regime von Präsident Bashar al-Assad zu senden.

This article takes stock of the response of Latin American and Caribbean regional organizations to covid-19. In particular, it questions whether they have contributed to coping with the pandemic and seeks to find explanations for the considerable divergence between the responses of nine regional organizations.

Research Conference Pandemics: Preparedness for Future Pandemics from a Global Perspective, DFG, Bonn Organisers: German Research Foundation Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker), Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Speaker), Dr. David Kuehn (Speaker)

How government policies on gender-based violence (GBV) are implemented in terms of services for victims varies considerably across countries. We examine policy infrastructures, including helplines, support centres, and shelters since the pandemic’s onset. Our project identifies progress and challenges around the provision of services for GBV survivors.

Eine Zusammenfassung der im MOTRA-Monitor 2021 dokumentierten Analysen, die erstmalig auf der Grundlage von MOTRA-Primärdaten, die themenspezifisch analytisch aufeinander bezogen wurden, greifbar das in MOTRA angelegte Erkenntnispotenzial illustrieren.

Courts are highly relevant in controlling executive abuses of power in exceptional situations like the COVID-19 pandemic. Latin America’s courts were ready and able to set such limits. Illiberal presidents may heavily undermine judicial independence if they have the legislative support to do so.

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Latin American countries particularly hard and exposed structural vulnerabilities in the region. At a joint workshop of the EU-LAC Foundation and the GIGA, scholars will assess key policy challenges in the areas of social protection, labour informality, education, health, state capacity, migration, and more.

The Peace and Security Research Programme analyses how identities and ideologies, institutional arrangements, and international interventions affect peace and conflict dynamics in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East and investigates international violence and security trends.

The GIGA combines in-depth area expertise and cutting-edge comparative methods from the social sciences. The complementary interaction of four regional institutes and four cross-cutting thematic research programmes enables the GIGA to pursue its unique approach.