Research

The LCCS develops and publishes analyses and practical options for action on current security issues. It also addresses long-term research questions, primarily through doctoral theses and third-party funded projects.

Current research projects

“Party Competition, Populism, and Sovereignty Transfer to International Organizations”, 
led by Tobias Lenz, duration 2026–2029, €614,000 (DFG).

Research area “Behavioral Economics and Social Transformation”, 
led by Mario Mechtel, duration 2025–2029, €2,435,496 (Volkswagen Foundation).

Research area “Sustainability Governance of Global Value Chains”, 
led by Jens Newig, Jelena Bäumler et al., duration 2025–2029, €2,999,400 (Volkswagen Foundation).

Publications

Attia, H., Grauvogel, J. (2023). Monitoring the Monitor? Selective Responses to Human Rights Transgressions. 
International Studies Quarterly, 67 (2), 1–16.

Attia, H. (2024). Divert When It Does Not Hurt: The initiation of economic sanctions by US presidents from 1989 to 2015. 
Review of International Economics, 32 (1), 109–131.

Attia, H. (2025). When and How Do Presidents Terminate Sanctions? The Effect of Domestic Factors on US Sanctions Policy. 
Foreign Policy Analysis, 21 (3), online first.

Bäumler, J., Dorwig, J. (2022). Einseitige Klimaschutzmaßnahmen im Lichte des WTO-Rechts. 
Klima und Recht, 2, 38–42.

Burilkov, A. & Rieck, C. E. (2023). Vorbereitet auf die Zeitenwende? Die Einsatzbereitschaft der Bundeswehr offenbart große Defizite. 
SIRIUS – Zeitschrift für Strategische Analysen,(1), 51–71. 
https://doi.org/10.1515/sirius-2023-1001.

Burilkov, A. & Wolff, G. (2025). Europa ohne die USA verteidigen: eine erste Analyse, was gebraucht wird. 
Kiel Policy Brief, 183, 1–11. 
https://www.ifw-kiel.de/de/publikationen/europa-ohne-die-usa-verteidigen-eine-erste-analyse-was-gebraucht-wird-33811/.

Grauvogel, J., Attia, H. (2023). Easier In than Out: Lessons Learned from the Termination of the Iraq Sanctions Regime. 
Journal of Global Security Studies, 8 (4), online first.

Kropp, S., Minatti, W. (2024). Whither Willkommenskultur? National identity discourses and the arrival of refugees in Germany in 2015/16. 
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 50 (20), 5288–5307.

Lenz, T., Ceka, B. et al. (2023). Discovering Cooperation: Endogenous Change in International Organizations. 
Review of International Organizations 18 (4), 631–666. 
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11558-022-09482-0.

Minatti, W. (2024). Legitimate Governance in International Politics: Towards a Relational Theory of Legitimation. 
Review of International Studies, 50 (4), 662–681.

Wolff, G. B., Burilkov, A. et al. (2024). Kriegstüchtig in Jahrzehnten: Europas und Deutschlands langsame Aufrüstung gegenüber Russland. 
Kiel Report, 1, 1–93. 
https://www.kielinstitut.de/de/publikationen/kriegstuechtig-in-jahrzehnten-europas-und-deutschlands-langsame-aufruestung-gegenueber-russland-17725/