Dr. Johannes Plagemann

The outcome of India’s 2024 national elections will define its future course as a democracy. Examined are the key factors and trends likely to influence India’s politics and policies in the coming years.

We investigate how global publics evaluate the legitimacy of two GGIs—the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Group of Twenty (G20)—and multipolarity’s role in those evaluations.

It depends on the personalization of foreign policy and its use for mobilizing domestic support, argue Sandra Destradi and Johannes Plagemann, in their article that explores the case-studies of Bolivia (under Evo Morales), India (under Narendra Modi) and the Philippines (under Rodrigo Duterte).

Der Westen ist nicht mehr der Nabel der Welt. Stattdessen treten die Staaten des Globalen Südens mit neuem Selbstbewusstsein auf. Das Buch diskutiert, warum die Staaten des Globalen Südens so handeln, wie sie es tun, warum deren Skepsis gegenüber dem Westen so tief sitzt – und warum in der neuen Vielfalt auch Chancen liegen.

Was ist von einer erweiterten BRICS-Runde zu erwarten und wie anti-westliche ist der Staatenbund? GIGA-Wissenschaftler Dr. Johannes Plagemann diskutiert im Deutschlandfunk den BRICS+ Gipfel in Russland.

Henrik Maihack und GIGA-Wissenschaftler Johannes Plagemann diskutieren, was Deutschland tun muss, um Partnerschaften im Globalen Süden auf- und auszubauen.

Book Workshop on Order and Agency in the Indo-Pacific, GIGA, Hamburg Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organiser, Chair, Discussant), Dr. Johannes Plagemann (Discussant), Prof. Dr. David Camroux (Discussant), Ass. Prof. Dr. Nicolas Blarel (Discussant), Dr. Mohammadbagher Forough (Discussant), Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot (Discussant)

This book workshop discusses chapter drafts for an edited volume put together by the Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific. Fourteen scholars based in France, Germany, and the Netherlands examine examine dynamics of order-building and the agency of small and middle powers in the Indo-Pacific.

Towards Closer Cooperation with South Korea in the Indo-Pacific, Online event Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Speaker), Dr. Johannes Plagemann (Speaker), Dr. Christian Wirth (Speaker), Prof. Dr. Yul Sohn (Discussant), Prof. Dr. Sook-Jong Lee (Discussant), Prof. Dr. Chaesung Chun (Discussant), Dr. Martin Thümmel (Discussant), Prof. Dr. Heike Holbig (Moderator)

The European Union and Germany are implementing strategies for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. How does South Korea fit into the picture? In this GIGA Talk, we will present and discuss findings from a collaborative, policy-oriented research project examining the potential scope for closer cooperation therewith.