Prof. Dr. Bert Hoffmann

High out-migration, food shortages and precarious everyday-life mark socialist Cuba as the country is heading for the National Assembly elections on 26 March 2023. While the single-party system secures government candidates' victory, abstentions and blank votes may reach a new high.

60 years after the Cuban missile crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, the Caribbean island remains under Communist Party rule, but is plagued by a severe economic and social crisis.

Cuba and the European signed a Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) in December 2016. In the light of the changes in the domestic and international environment since then, the paper assesses current policy options.

More than six decades after the Cuban Revolution, both Fidel and Raúl Castro no longer hold the reins of power. Despite the continuity of Communist Party rule, in the post-Castro era the island’s political culture is in flux – through changes from above as well as through changes from below.

Zu 15 Jahren Haft hat Havannas Justiz den Deutsch-Kubaner 2021 verurteilt – für das Filmen von Protesten. Doch im Gefängnis ist er in Lebensgefahr. Warum bekommt die Bundesregierung ihn nicht frei?

Short article explaining the difference between the terms "South America" and "Latin America"

GLACIER Project Annual Conference, University of Havana Prof. Dr. Bert Hoffmann (Speaker)

Keynote lecture in the Aula Magna of the University of Havana at the opening of the GLACIER project's annual conference

“China: Partner, Rival, System Competitor” – Expectations on the Implementation of the German Government’s China Strategy, Online-Veranstaltung Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Moderator, Chair), Wolfgang Rudischhauser (Organiser), Prof. Dr. Bert Hoffmann (Organiser)

Die China-Strategie der Bundesregierung lässt Spielraum für die Ausgestaltung der Politik gegenüber einem immer selbstbewussteren China. Bei diesem GIGA Talk diskutieren mit Ihnen Vertreter:innen aus Politik und Wirtschaft, sowie Expert:innen aus Wissenschaft und Politik über das Verhältnis Deutschlands zu China.