Give this a go:
<cfset Result = InputText.replaceAll
( '~\{(?:(?!</a>).)+(?<!\}~)(?=</a></li>)'
, '$0}~'
) />
It uses the java replaceAll regex function so that it can do the negative
lookbehind to ensure existing correct items are not changed, meaning it can be
run multiple times.
Accepts any character (except newline) until it finds a closing A tag.
If newlines are required, that's just a one character change:
'~\{(?s:(?!</a>).)+(?<!\}~)(?=</a></li>)'
(Which adds the 's' flag into what was a non-capturing group, meaning '.' also
matches newlines.)
If there's the possibly of a '~{' appearing outside this context, it may need
extra limits applied to work correctly.
Assuming there should not be any tags inside the ~{...}~ part, I would change
the '.' for a '[^<>]' which makes it a bit 'safer':
'~\{(?:(?!</a>)[^<>])+(?<!\}~)(?=</a></li>)'
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