GIGA Institute of Asian Studies

The GIGA Institute of Asian Studies conducts research on contemporary Asian affairs. All researchers possess a high degree of relevant regional expertise and make use of state-of-the-art theoretical and methodological approaches and tools. The institute focuses on analyses of political, economic, and social actors, structures, and processes in Greater China, Japan, Southeast Asia, the two Koreas, and India. It is the only non-university research institute in Germany which deals solely with the Asia-Pacific region. It cooperates on a worldwide scale with relevant university departments and research units, think tanks, and academic associations. The GIGA Institute of Asian Studies was founded in 1956 in Hamburg by the German Federal Parliament and the German Foreign Office as the Institute of Asian Affairs. On January 1, 2007, it became part of the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies and adopted its current name.

http://www.giga-hamburg.de/ias