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
Since 10/2021: PhD Candidate at the Graduate School of the Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Konstanz. Preliminary Dissertation 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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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

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Current Research

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Thies Niemeier

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Paper Presentation at Annual APSA Conference

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