Prof. Dr. Günther Maihold
Short Curriculum vitae
Since 2005 Honorary Professor, Freie Universität Berlin
08/2011–06/2015 on leave to assume the Cátedra Guillermo y Alejandro Humboldt of the DAAD in Mexico.
2011–2014 Member of the Reseach Center "Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood" (SFB 700- Free University of Berlin) with the Project Transnational Security Governance in Latin America.
2004-2023 Deputy Director, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
01.06.1999 - 30.06.2004 Director of the Ibero-American Institute, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Berlin
SWP Publications
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Mexico – From a Short Nearshoring Boom to US “Security-shoring”
SWP Comment 2025/C 23, 27.05.2025, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025C23
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How Latin America Is Finding Its Path to Economic Prosperity Again
A Just Transition as the target
SWP Comment 2023/C 21, 03.04.2023, 6 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023C21
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From Common Values to Complementary Interests
For a new conception of Germany’s and the EU’s relations with Latin America and the Caribbean
SWP Comment 2023/C 01, 06.01.2023, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023C01
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Colombia’s Path to “Total Peace”
President Gustavo Petro cannot fall back on the FARC blueprint
SWP Comment 2022/C 54, 20.09.2022, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2022C54
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Responsibility in Supply Chains
Germany’s Due Diligence Act Is a Good Start
SWP Comment 2021/C 21, 22.03.2021, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2021C21
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Environmental Rights and Conflicts over Raw Materials in Latin America
The Escazú Agreement Is Ready to Come into Force in 2021
SWP Comment 2021/C 04, 15.01.2021, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2021C04
External publications
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The ‘Global South’ in the study of world politics: examining a meta category
in: Third World Quarterly, 06.09.2021doi:10.1080/01436597.2021.1948831
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Mexico: A leader in search of like-minded peers
in: International Journal, 2016, Vol. 71(4), 545–562 -
Intervention by Invitation? Shared Sovereignty in the Fight against Impunity in Guatemala
in: European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (ERLACS) Nr.101/2016, pp.5–31. -
Crimen organizado y seguridad en América Latina
in: Política Exterior, Vol. 25, Nº 143, 2011 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Drogas y violencia, guerra fracasada), pp. 92-100. -
Alcances, límites y retos de las Cumbres euro-latinamericanas
Insituto de Estudios Latinoamericanos - Universidad de Alcalá,Madrid: Documento de Trabajo IELAT no. 23, febrero 2011, 50 pages -
A Format in Search of Substance - An Overview of Relations between the EU and Latin America in a European Perspective
in: Birte Klemm, Niu Haibin (eds.): China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation. SIIS, FES [Shanghai], 2011, p.203-219.