Prof. Dr. Christian von Soest

In einer historischen Wahl hat der African National Congress zum ersten Mal seit dem demokratischen Umbruch 1994 seine absolute Mehrheit verloren. Inmitten einer tiefen innenpolitischen Krise und erheblicher internationaler Herausforderungen verändert sich Südafrikas politische Landschaft grundlegend.

All authoritarian regimes seek to substantiate their right to rule. In this chapter, we differentiate legitimation—understood as the process of claiming popular support—from legitimacy itself, which refers to the extent to which a regime is perceived as legitimate by its citizens.

Autocratic regimes influence actors and processes in other political systems. Conversely, they are affected by “outside” developments. This chapter presents the current state-of-the-art with respect to international actors and autocratization based on analytical differentiation between a general environment and purposeful, specific actions to support autocratic processes abroad.

How Authoritarian Regimes Counter International Sanctions Pressure: By far the most targets of sanctions are authoritarian. Why are they so effective in withstanding outside pressure?

Nach langem Ringen hat die EU ein neues Sanktionspaket gegen Russland beschlossen – erstmals ist auch Flüssigerdgas betroffen. Dass der Schritt überfällig ist, betonen mehrere Experten. Dennoch ist die Wirkung fraglich.

Die Europäische Union hat mittlerweile das 14. Sanktionspaket gegen Russland beschlossen. Was können die Sanktionen bewirken und wie kann die EU die Umgehung von Sanktionen stoppen? Einschätzungen von Sanktionsexperte Christian von Soest. Copyright: hr-iNFO 

IBEI-GIGA Workshop Security, Conflict and Peace, IBEI, Barcelona Prof. Dr. Christian von Soest (Panelbeitragende:r)

IBEI-GIGA Workshop Security, Conflict and Peace, IBEI, Barcelona Prof. Dr. Christian von Soest (Vortragende:r), Cecilia Natalie Strom (Vortragende:r)

This paper analyzes the question: What conditions make it likely that particular individuals and/or entities are being listed by the US and the EU? We introduce a novel dataset on listings by the EU and US from 2021 to 2023 that are aggregated at the monthly level.

In the 21st century, sanctions have become one of the most commonly used foreign policy tools to address armed conflict, restrictions on democracy, human rights abuses, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and terrorism. The seminar aims to discuss in depth the current research on international sanctions.

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Göttingen Deutschland

Seminar at Department of Political Science