Prof. Dr. Christian von Soest

„Sanktionen“ stellt fundiert, verständlich und anschaulich die Möglichkeiten und Fallstricke dieses zentralen Machtinstruments der internationalen Politik im 21. Jahrhundert vor und gibt einen Blick in die Zukunft: Wie werden Sanktionen künftig eingesetzt? Das Buch stellt Maßstäbe vor, die Europa und Deutschland bei der Verhängung ihrer Strafmaßnahmen in Zukunft leiten sollten.

In a historic election, the African National Congress lost its absolute majority for the first time since the democratic transition in 1994. Amid a profound domestic crisis and significant international challenges, South Africa’s political landscape will fundamentally change.

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.

Rund um die Welt kommt es im Namen von Religionen zu Gewalt und Ausgrenzung. Dabei kann der Glaube auch viel positive Kraft entfalten – zum Beispiel in Sierra Leone, wie F.A.Z.-Kolumnist und GIGA-Experte Prof. Dr. Christian von Soest erzählt.

Seit 1960 verhängen die USA Sanktionen gegen Kuba, die EU hat seit 2022 14 Sanktionspakete gegen Russland verabschiedet. Den Angriff gegen die Ukraine setzt Putin aber unbeirrt fort. Politologe Prof. Dr. Christian von Soest erklärt den Sinn politischer Sanktionen.

Organiser: German Institute for Global and Area Studies Houssein Al Malla (Panelist), Dr. Hana Attia (Panelist), Dr. Julia Grauvogel (Panelist), Lisa Hultman (Panelist), Anton Peez (Panelist), Jan Rörden (Panelist), Gerald Schneider (Panelist), Prof. Dr. Christian von Soest (Organiser), Cecilia Natalie Strom (Organiser), Ass. Prof. Dr. Bryan Early (Panelist), Prof. Dr. Jerg Gutmann (Panelist)

The workshop aims to discuss current theories and empirical examinations of the politics behind individual and broader sectoral sanctions. The goal is to facilitate a dialogue between research on individual sanctions and comprehensive sanctions.

Organiser: Free University of Amsterdam Prof. Dr. Christian von Soest (Speaker)

Presentation at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, LLM Program “Law and Politics of International Security”

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.

University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany

Seminar at Department of Political Science