As of July 2014 the GIGA is coordinating the International Diffusion and Cooperation of Authoritarian Regimes (IDCAR) network, as part of which it is investigating, together with 12 international research institutes, the influence of and cooperation between authoritarian regimes on the international stage.
Ab Juli 2014 koordiniert das GIGA das Netzwerk International Diffusion and Cooperation of Authoritarian Regimes (IDCAR), in dem es gemeinsam mit zwölf internationalen Forschungseinrichtungen den Einfluss und die Kooperation autoritärer Regime auf der internationalen Bühne untersucht.