Posts by : Christoph Harig

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Christoph holds a Magister degree in Political Science and Spanish Philology from the University of Potsdam and a Master´s degree in the “Research Training Program in Social Sciences” from Humboldt-University Berlin. Before joining King’s Brazil Institute in October 2013, he held various positions in research and media. Christoph has worked on Brazil-related topics at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), where he carried out research on civil-military relations in South America and the role of Brazil as an emerging donor in development policy. For his PhD project, Christoph is looking at the militarisation of Brazil’s public security. For this purpose, he is assessing feedback effects between Brazil´s contributions to peacekeeping missions and internal missions of the Armed Forces. His particular focus lies on scrutinising individual soldiers´ capability of dealing with the increasing ‘police-isation’ of the military in both UN missions and domestic Garantia da Lei e da Ordem-operations.
As Dilma Rousseff stumbles, how will Brasil’s military react?
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Brazil’s political climate is as polarised and fractious as ever, and it’s getting nastier. While some desperately attempt to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, a minority of right-wing protesters are openly …

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David Rockefeller & a dark legacy in Brasil – A critical obituary

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Reclaiming the Jungle

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Chomsky joins International outcry over Lula

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Brazilian Government confuses Al Jazeera with Al Qaeda

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Scandal over illegal US role in Lula conviction intensifies, reaches court

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Iconic Rio bar owner arrested following tribute to slain Marielle

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Chile-Brazil: A New Laboratory For The Far-Right

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A Call To Boycott Rock In Rio

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Army Chief admits threatening Supreme Court to Jail Lula

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The Not-so Invisible Hand of Uncle Sam

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Lava Jato/Fascism is a match – who’s the matchmaker?

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Saad-Filho: Fascism In Brasil, A Tragedy In Four Acts

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222 days after political imprisonment, Lula speaks

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