Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #gigafocus, aggregated by home.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
The #USElection2024 will redefine #USA's role in the #MiddleEast, pressing Europe to recalibrate its foreign policy to safeguard strategic interests, Nils Lukacs and Corina Lozovan state in new #GIGAFocus. 🇺🇸🌍
#Digitalisation in the #Philippines: To enhance internet infrastructure, e-governance, and cybersecurity, President Marcos Jr. focuses on global partnerships with Germany, Japan, and the World Bank.
➡️ Read Tetiana Schipper’s analysis in the latest #GIGAFocus: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/philippine-president-embraces-global-alliances-to-push-digitalisation
Zum #BRICS-Gipfel haben Olena Osypenkova und Miriam Prys-Hansen einen #GIGAFocus geschrieben, in dem sie unter anderem die Effekte der Expansion der Gruppe, die Idee der De-Dollarisierung und Pläne der Ernährungssicherung analysieren.
➡️ Hier lesen (auf Englisch): https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/the-brics-plus-summit-in-kazan-russia-five-things-to-watch
#BRICS+ Summit in #Russia: Despite meeting in a country at war, old and new member states will discuss initiatives for cooperation and the group’s further expansion. Olena Osypenkova and Miriam Prys-Hansen analyse five things to watch.
➡️ Read the latest #GIGAFocus here: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/the-brics-plus-summit-in-kazan-russia-five-things-to-watch?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Sanction evasion, economic and military collaboration, as well as shared resistance to the US-led liberal global order bind #Russia and #Iran together. How can the West respond?
➡️ Read latest #GIGAFocus by Sara Bazoobandi and Olena Osypenkova here: https://giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/expansion-of-the-russo-iranian-nexus?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
All eyes are on #SãoPaulo, where the right’s “old guard” candidate faces the rise of a young, extremist YouTuber. The mid-term #elections to be held on 6 October will serve as a barometer for candidates & parties. See #GIGAFocus by Janaina Maldonado: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/mid-term-elections-brazil-s-far-right-battles-for-bolsonaro-s-legacy?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email #BrazilElections
🔓 Tomorrow is #InternationalDay for UniversalAccesstoInformation. As #GIGA, we are committed to ensuring that #scientificinformation is #freelyaccessible to all – for example with our Journal Family and the #GIGAFocus!
https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/the-giga/giga-library/open-access
Public #diplomacy plays a crucial role in the foreign policies of #Iran, #SaudiArabia, and #Turkey. In the latest #GIGAFocus, Jens Heibach, Mira Demirdirek & Hamid Talebian zoom in on the countries’ engagement with #Africa: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/non-state-actors-and-autocratic-public-diplomacy-a-transregional-view
As #InternationalDayofDemocracy focuses on governance of #AI, check out #GIGA’s Sangeeta Mahapatra’s #GIGAFocus on the risk of India turning into a "#surveillance #democracy": https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/digital-surveillance-and-the-threat-to-civil-liberties-in-india
#Syria is not safe due to the recent violent escalation and #Assad’s ongoing dictatorship. André Bank and Ronja Herrschner outline key details in the latest #GIGAFocus and recommend rejecting plans to return Syrian refugees forcibly.
#Venezuela slides into full #autocracy as #Maduro claims to have won the #elections. In the current #GIGAFocus, Victor Mijares analyses the resulting legitimacy crisis and stresses the urgent need to support democratic forces.
Gute Jobs durch #Ausbildung und Trainingsprogramme in #Westafrika: Im neuesten #GIGAFocus evaluieren Bernd Beber, Sarah Frohnweiler, Tabea Lakemann und Jann Lay (#GIGA) das Angebot der deutschen #Entwicklungszusammenarbeit.
Potenziale der #Wissenschaftskooperation im #AsienPazifikRaum: Margot Schüller, Henning Kroll und Christian Schäfer diskutieren Herausforderungen und Chancen für Deutschland im neuesten #GIGAFocus.
Couscous, Kaftans & Culture Wars: #Algeria and #Morocco have been battling over the origin of cultural objects within #UNESCO. In our current #GIGAFocus, Idriss Jebari analyses the dispute and its regional implications.
Just Energy Transition Partnerships #JETPs: Anna Fünfgeld and Jörg Wischermann examine potential and pitfalls of the agreements with #SouthAfrica, #Indonesia, and #Vietnam in the latest #GIGAFocus.
️➡️ Read here: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/why-just-energy-transition-partnerships-are-not-enough
Development, peacebuilding, and women’s agency in #NortheastIndia: Amrita Saikia analyses the importance of the region for India’s #ActEastPolicy in the latest #GIGAFocus.
️➡️ Read here: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/development-peacebuilding-and-women-s-agency-in-northeast-india
In #SouthAfrica’s watershed #election, #ANC lost its absolute majority.
#SouthAfrica’s watershed #election: In a historic election, the #ANC lost its absolute majority. Amid a profound domestic crisis and significant international challenges, South Africa’s political landscape will fundamentally change, state Maxine Rubin and Christian von Soest in the latest #GIGAFocus: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/south-africa-s-watershed-election-the-dawn-of-coalition-politics?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
After the elections in #Mexico 🇲🇽: President-elect Claudia #Sheinbaum is confronted with militarisation and human rights issues, state the #GIGA researchers Indi-Carolina Kryg and Luz Marcela Villalobos Andrade in the most recent #GIGAFocus.
➡️ Read their analysis here: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/mexico-sheinbaum-to-face-militarisation-and-human-rights-concerns?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
#Taiwan’s new president #WilliamLai must deal with a divided government, acute pressure from China, and a global landscape in flux. In this #GIGAFocus, Adhiraaj Anand, Mahima Duggal, and David Kuehn assess the challenges and priorities of the presidency.
#India after the 2024 #Elections: Our latest #GIGAFocus examines the key factors and trends likely to influence the country's politics and policies in the coming years.
An analysis by #GIGA researchers Mahima Duggal, Sangeeta Mahapatra, Johannes Plagemann, Adhiraaj Anand, Joachim Betz, and Miriam Prys-Hansen.
Free and fair #elections in #Venezuela unlikely: Nicolás #Maduro tries to eliminate opposing candidates and splinter the opposition by weaponising the judiciary and persecuting political opponents.
➡️ Read the analysis in current #GIGAFocus by Jesus Renzullo: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/conditions-for-democratic-transitions-venezuela-s-2024-elections
“Purification” of higher education and “jihad of knowledge” have assisted the government of #Iran in advancing its military, cyber-based, and nuclear capabilities. #GIGA researcher Sara Bazoobandi reviews these strategies and evaluates their outcomes in the new #GIGAFocus.
#Remilitarisation in #Asia: Aurel Croissant, David Kuehn, Markus Bayer, and Nikitas Scheeder trace the military’s increasing political influence and show its adverse effects on democracy, development, and regional stability.
➡️ Read in current #GIGAFocus: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/remilitarisation-in-asia-trends-and-implications
#Repression by Legal Means: Anti-#FakeNews lawfare is deepening government control over civil society, undermining information integrity and civil society’s democratic rights. The patters in South & Southeast #Asia are examined in #GIGAFocus as the forerunners of global developments.
➡️ Read the analysis by #GIGA researchers Sangeeta Mahapatra, Janjira Sombatpoonsiri & Andreas Ufen here: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/repression-by-legal-means-governments-anti-fake-news-lawfare
In African societies, different religions exist alongside one another – some peacefully, others contentiously. In current #GIGAFocus, Hervé Akinocho, Lisa Hoffmann, and Julia Koebrich analyse how interreligious #peace can be promoted there.
➡️ Read here: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/peaceful-or-contentious-how-to-promote-interreligious-peace-in-africa
On the war in #Sudan 🇸🇩: #GIGA researcher Hager Ali analysed in our latest #GIGAFocus the dynamics of the conflict, revealing how weapons and networks have shattered the power struggle.
➡️ Read now: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/the-war-in-sudan-how-weapons-and-networks-shattered-a-power-struggle
Today's #elections in #Indonesia could be crucial for the future of its #democracy, says #GIGA expert Andreas Ufen in #GIGAFocus. The problem: #DigitalRepression, #surveillance, and the misuse of #SocialMedia were on the rise under Joko Widodo.
➡️ Read here: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/the-rise-of-digital-repression-in-indonesia-under-joko-widodo
Authoritarianism has been on the rise in Central America for two decades. #Guatemala's new president Bernardo Arévalo is raising hopes of democratic reforms.
➡️ Read the analysis by #GIGA researchers Sabine Kurtenbach, Désirée Reder, and Alina Ripplinger in the new #GIGAFocus: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/publikationen/giga-focus/guatemala-a-vote-for-turning-the-tide
After #Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine, the #Gaza War has re-ignited the #Israel–#Palestine conflict. Developments in #Syria and #Yemen are in flux, #Egypt finds a new role as mediator. Read ten things to watch in #MENA, see #GIGAFocus: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/ten-things-to-watch-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-in-2024
Reading recommendation on #InternationalDayAgainstPoliceBrutality: Lynda Iroulo analysed in #GIGAFocus #Africa how #SocialMedia can be a weapon to fight #PoliceBrutality, on the example of #EndSARS protests in #Nigeria 🇳🇬:
➡️ https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/a-weapon-of-the-weak-fighting-police-brutality-through-social-media
How governments legitimise #mismanagement of #NaturalResources and inaction regarding the #ClimateCrisis: In latest #GIGAFocus #MiddleEast, #GIGA researcher Christiane Fröhlich analyses strategies such as #ecologisation with #Syria as example.
➡️Read here: https://giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/blaming-nature-legitimising-mismanagement-natural-resources