German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Thies Niemeier

Research Fellow

Short CV

Since 09/2025: Research Fellow as part of the INSA project on sanctions against individuals and corporations and at the GIGA Institute of African Affairs
10/2021 - 10/2025: Dissertation at the Graduate School of the Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Konstanz. Title: Coercion and Hierarchy. How Assymmetric Alliances Shape Sanctions Policy Across Institutional Contexts
09/2018 - 06/2021: Master of Arts in Political Economy at the University of Lucerne
09/2014 - 07/2017: Bachelor of Arts in International Business Management at Coventry University, previously FH Aachen

Current Research

Economic Sanctions
Defense Alliances
Social Network Analysis
International Security
Geoeconomics

Research Programmes

Peace and Security

Thies Niemeier

Research Fellow

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Research Project | 01/06/2023 - 31/12/2026

Targeting: How the USA and EU Use Individual Sanctions

Individual sanctions have become a go-to instrument with which Western powers confront challenges to international peace and security. Shaping the trend of individualizing accountability, the USA and the EU as the main bilateral global sanction senders target individuals and entities to hold them accountable for the instigation of armed conflict, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, or the violation of human rights. INSA seeks to systematically analyze and compare the listing decisions of the USA and the EU.
Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung (DSF), 2023-2026

Conference | 11/03/2026 - 13/03/2026

Who Will be Targeted? Determinants of U.S. and EU Individual Sanctions

AFK Colloquium 2026, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig Organisers: German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies Thies Niemeier (Speaker), Prof. Dr. Christian von Soest (Speaker)

Who is targeted by US and EU individual sanctions? This data feature introduces the new INSA dataset covering all listings and delistings since the 1990s. It offers a fine-grained analysis of sanctioning patterns and compares how the US and the EU target individuals and entities.

Thies Niemeier

Research Fellow

Prof. Dr. Christian von Soest

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Policy Exchange and Berlin Office

Conference | 11/09/2025 - 14/09/2025

Paper Presentation at Annual APSA Conference

APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2025, Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver Organisers: American Political Science Association Thies Niemeier (Speaker)

This presentation, joint with Prof. Dr. Gerald Schneider (University of Konstanz), explores how security and economic interdependencies shape the imposition and effectiveness of sanctions, offering new insights into U.S. coercion in the post–Cold War order.

Thies Niemeier

Research Fellow

Thies Niemeier

Short CV

Current Research

Research Programmes

Thies Niemeier

Research Projects

Targeting: How the USA and EU Use Individual Sanctions

Lectures

Who Will be Targeted? Determinants of U.S. and EU Individual Sanctions

Paper Presentation at Annual APSA Conference

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