Susanne Gratius
Senior Researcher

Susanne Gratius holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Hamburg. Prior to joining FRIDE, she worked as a Researcher at the Department of the Americas at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin and at the Iberoamerican Studies Institute (IIK) in Hamburg. Until 1999, she was Coordinator at the EuropeanLatin American Relations Institute (IRELA) in Madrid.
Her latest publications include 'Biregionalism in a Globalizing World: The Latin American view' (with Mónica Rubiolo) and 'EU-MERCOSUR Relations as a Learning Experience for Biregionalism' in Wolf Grabendorff/Reimund Seidelmann (eds.), Relations between the European Union and Latin America. Biregionalism in a Changing Global System (Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2005, pp. 73-139).
Geo tags
European Union Latin America & Caribbean
Expert in
Authoritarian regimes Brazil Cuba Democracy Democracy promotion EU Foreign Policy Failed states Mercosur Multilateralism Regional powers Venezuela
Spoken languages
English, German, Portuguese, Spanish
Written languages
English, German, Portuguese, Spanish
Expert publications
- 21/01/2010 - The post-crisis rise of Latin America
- 12/01/2010 - Why does Spain not have a policy for Latin America?
- 28/10/2009 - Chavez's new laws demand an International response
- 23/03/2009 - Bolivia and Venezuela: different political paths
- 05/03/2009 - Canadian-Spanish Dialogue on Cuba
- 19/12/2008 - Cuba: the legacy of a revolution
- 24/07/2008 - IBSA: an international actor and partner for the EU?
- 25/06/2008 - The EU opens a new phase in its relations with Cuba
- 30/04/2008 - Emerging powers: stabilisers or destabilisers?
- 09/03/2008 - Cuba: between continuity and change
- 21/02/2008 - Cuba: the end of an era
- 03/12/2007 - Cuba: change and continuity in the 21st century
- 20/11/2007 - IBSA: an international actor and partner for the EU?
- 08/11/2007 - What to expect from the XVII Ibero-American Summit?
- 31/10/2007 - The "Third Populist Wave" of Latin America
- 10/09/2007 - European Union External Democracy Promotion
- 16/07/2007 - Brazil: insecurity in democracy
- 14/06/2007 - The European Union and South American Populism
- 01/04/2007 - The External Actors and Cuba after Fidel
- 01/04/2007 - Brazil in the Americas: a regional peace broker?
- 01/11/2006 - Lula again: regional influence without leadership?
- 15/09/2006 - ¿Transición de Castro a Castro?: ensayando el futuro
- 07/11/2005 - The iberoamerican summit in Salamanca: from a cultural community to a political alliance?
- 31/10/2005 - Helping Castro? EU and US policies towards Cuba






