Prof. Dr. Günther Maihold


Executive Board
Deputy Director (Internationalisation, Evaluation, Methods)

guenther.maihold(at)swp-berlin.org

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.

01.06.1999 - 30.06.2004 Director of the Ibero-American Institute, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Berlin

ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8350-3564

Areas of Expertise:

Latin America, Spain, Other international organizations, Organized crime


SWP Publications (selection):

Günther Maihold

Colombia’s Peace and Venezuela’s Turmoil

An Emerging Regional Crisis Landscape in South America

SWP Comment 2018/C 12, March 2018, 7 Pages
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Daniel Brombacher, Günther Maihold

Maritime Security in Latin America

in: Stefan Mair (ed.)
Piracy and Maritime Security

Regional characteristics and political, military, legal and economic implications

Contributions to Research Papers 2011/RP 03, March 2011, 94 Pages, S. 49-55
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Daniel Brombacher, Günther Maihold

Cocaine Trafficking to Europe

Options of Supply Control

SWP Research Paper 2009/RP 10, September 2009, 37 Pages
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Günther Maihold

Foreign Policy as Provocation

Rhetoric and Reality in Venezuela's External Relations under Hugo Chávez

SWP Research Paper 2009/RP 01, January 2009, 32 Pages
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Günther Maihold, Claudia Zilla

Latin American Shadowboxing?

FTAA Delays and Challenges for Europe

SWP Comment 2005/C 54, December 2005, 7 Pages
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External Publications (selection):

Günther Maihold

Mexico: A leader in search of like-minded peers

in: International Journal, 2016, Vol. 71(4), 545–562
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Günther Maihold

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.
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Günther Maihold

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.
Álvaro Aguillo Fidalgo, Susanne Gratius, Günther Maihold

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
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Günther Maihold

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.

SWP Research Papers

Sinem Adar
Rethinking Political Attitudes of Migrants from Turkey and Their Germany-Born Children

Beyond Loyalty and Democratic Culture

Paweł Tokarski
Divergence and Diversity in the Euro Area

The Case of Germany, France and Italy