Dr. Claudia Zilla
The Americas Senior Fellow
Areas of Expertise
- Latin America
- South America
- Development cooperation
- Political systems
- Regional cooperation and alliances
Foreign policy of Latin American states, German- and European-Latin American relations, feminist foreign policy, democracy and development, populism, religion and politics
Working GroupsShort Curriculum vitae
Since 2005 at the SWP
Since 2024 Individual Member of the Board of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche Lateinamerikaforschung (ADLAF e.V.)
Since 2023 Member of the Editorial Board of IBEROAMERICANA. América Latina - España - Portugal
Since 2019 Senior Fellow, Research Division The Americas, SWP, Berlin
2012-2019 Head of Research Division The Americas, SWP, Berlin
2014-2015 Fritz Thyssen Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2005-2012 Researcher, Research Division The Americas, SWP, Berlin
SWP Publications
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Javier Milei’s Ideology and Policy
Libertarian Populism in Argentina
SWP Comment 2024/C 37, 04.09.2024, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024C37
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Feminist Foreign and Development Policy in Practice
Requirements and Potentials
SWP Research Paper 2024/RP 09, 21.06.2024, 81 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024RP09
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Re-launching the Bi-regional Dialogue between the EU and Latin America
Simple revival or fundamental renewal?
SWP Comment 2023/C 37, 11.07.2023, 5 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023C37
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Brazil’s 2030 Agenda: Drifting with Power Changes
in: Country-level Politics around the SDGsContribution to a Research Paper 2023/RP 07, 10.07.2023, 75 Pages, pp. 24–28
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Eyes to the West
Latin America and the Caribbean in the sights of Germany and the EU
SWP Comment 2023/C 35, 30.06.2023, 6 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023C35
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Foreign Policy Reorientation
Feminist foreign and development policy in ministerial documents and debates
SWP Comment 2023/C 22, 05.04.2023, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023C22
External publications
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Politics matters!
Political will as a critical condition for implementing the sustainable development goals
in: Earth System Governance, Volume 24, 2025, 100244, ISSN 2589-8116doi:doi:10.1016/j.esg.2025.100244
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Defining democratic inclusion from the perspective of democracy and citizenship theory
in: Democratization, Taylor & Francis, 01.07.2022doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2022.2090929
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From bad times to great opportunities, a usual hope
in: EU-LAC Foundation, 13.05.2022 (online). -
Foreign Policy Change and the Salience of Religion in Brazil
in: Maria Toropova (ed.), Rethinking the Religious Factor in Foreign Policy, Politik und Religion, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2022, pp. 181–201.doi:10.1007/978-3-658-33776-6_9
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Corona como metáfora
in: Agenda Pública, El País, 04.09.2020 (online). -
Iglesias evangélicas y política en América Latina
in: Agenda Pública, El País, 25.02.2020 (online).