Hylke Dijkstra

I can totally see the Nobel go to the International Criminal Court

French MEPs (of all parties) are losing it with their opposition to Mercosur and the veggie burger

Thanks for this. As a political scientist, I find low citation counts in law (and history) curious given that there are many more of you. The disciplinary tradition of referring to primary sources, sure, but I think the publication outlets also lack behind (too few journals, too many obscure books)

📝 New article "Second Attempt at America First: Donald Trump and the Survival of International Organizations" in production with Global Policy

🌐 Accepted version already here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Someone could have told Macron that there's no French embassy in NYC. Just saying

Can international organisations be both effective and robust — or must one always come at the expense of the other?

Read about the trade-offs IOs must navigate to deliver results while remaining resilient to existential challenges: www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications

If you don't pay your bills, you don't get to use the escalator

Vlaanderen stopt ook met onderzoek naar ontwikkelingsbeleid Ondanks een “positieve evaluatie” draait Vlaanderen de geldkraan richting het Instituut voor Ontwikkelingsbeleid dicht.

Worrying news from the Flemish government which cancels its annual funding for the Institute for European Studies (VUB Brussels) and the Institute of Development Policy (Antwerp), putting the future of both excellent research centres at serious risk www.standaard.be/binnenland/v...

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger announce exit from International Criminal Court The military-led West African countries Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, denouncing it as "a tool of neocolonial repression."

Today is not a great day for multilateralism, and I fear it will get worse in the next few hours www.reuters.com/world/africa...

The WHO Pandemic Agreement: Bolstering Global Health Security Against Political Headwinds - Research Report | ENSURED The Pandemic Agreement marks a landmark step in strengthening global health cooperation. Born out of the failures revealed by COVID-19, it represents a victory for multilateralism – though questions r...

📝 REPORT: Pandemic Agreement

COVID-19 exposed cracks in the global health system. Enter: The 2025 Pandemic Agreement.

A new ENSURED report by @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social & @mirkoheinzel.bsky.social finds the agreement to be a meaningful, if partial, landmark for future pandemics.

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How do international organizations change as the consequence of autocratization? A new article in @coco-journal.bsky.social
with @debremaria.bsky.social explores how regime transformations affect IO membership composition.

Are non-democracies taking over?

➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Transforming Global Migration Governance Through and Beyond the Global Compacts - Research Report | ENSURED The UN’s Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees create room for dialogue, but remain non-binding and underfunded. With limited political will for reform, their role will likely be confined to forum...

🚨 Excited to share the publication of our @ensured.bsky.social report

✍️ In the report @liliantsourdi.bsky.social, @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social, and I analyse the effectiveness, robustness, and democratic credentials of the UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees

For those interested, see:

Expanding the WTO’s Scope in a Shifting Geopolitical Landscape: An Appraisal of Development, Environment, and Inclusiveness Agendas - Research Report | ENSURED The WTO is under pressure to address agendas on development, the environment, and inclusiveness. But with members divided, progress may rely on informal cooperation rather than new rules.

The WTO is under pressure to address trade-related agendas on development, the environment & inclusiveness. But with members divided, what's the best way forward?

In a new ENSURED report, @claraweinhardt.bsky.social, Michal Parizek & Jayati Srivastava explore these agendas.

Full report 👇

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📢 Out now: 5 new ENSURED reports on the state of multilateralism!

Topics include:

💼 Trade-related agendas & the WTO:
🌱 The Paris Agreement at 10:
🌐 The WTO Pandemic Agreement:
🧳 UN Compacts on Migration & Refugees:
🪙 Regulating Digital Currencies:

🔗: www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications

📸 Today at the #ecprgc25: ENSURED & sister project NAVIGATOR on the panel “EU Support for Global Governance in a Contested World,” chaired by @hdijkstra.bsky.social (@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social).

Ft.: ENSURED's @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social, Jan Karlas & more!

🔗 www.ensuredeurope.eu/news-events/...

📣 We are hiring! 👇

This PhD position is part of a research project that examines how growing income inequality can reshape the way democracy functions by influencing both political discourse and public opinion.

More info here:
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3542...

Not quite sure why this is surprising with an international law tradition in NL going back to Grotius. Also, public opinion massively supports more pressure on Israel

(PDF) Second Attempt at America First: Donald Trump and the Survival of International Organizations PDF | The second Trump administration poses a serious existential challenge to many international organizations (IOs). Compared to the first term, the... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

And my academic paper "Second Attempt at America First: Donald Trump and the Survival of International Organizations" trying to make sense of the first couple of months

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Trump White House is casual on timing. UN ambassador Mike Waltz has only just been confirmed. And UNESCO withdrawal only came last week (was promised after 90-days). But curious to see what the State Department is coming up with. Fear it won't end with UNESCO, UNFCCC and WHO

Reminder that the Executive Order mandated 180-day review of all international organizations, conventions and treaties (with a view of withdrawing from them) is *Sunday 3 August*

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

More than 20% of EU exports to the US in 2024 concerned medicinal and pharmaceutical products and medicaments 👇

If those are subject to tariffs (Trump said "no", VDL said "yes"), the American healthcare system will be paying the bill

🔔⭐ Our research programme Politics and #Culture in #Europe (PCE) has a new name: Europe: #Society, #Politics and Global Order (ESPO). The name reflects our broader focus on Europe’s global role and societal impact.

I value pluralism in IR scholarship, but we can certainly do with a few less "turns"

Proofs for "International Organization" (4th ed.) fully approved now. Book off to the printer

If you are considering using this book for your courses (in Spring 2026), do get in touch!

Pre-order available in Bloomsbury catalogue: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/internati...

👏 Congrats to Anna Herranz-Surrallés, @johanadriaensen.bsky.social & Odile Felkamp on their NWO M grant for the project “Towards EU economic statecraft?". Exploring how geoeconomic tools reshape party-political dynamics in the #EU

(PDF) Second Attempt at America First: Donald Trump and the Survival of International Organizations PDF | The second Trump administration poses a serious existential challenge to many international organizations (IOs). Compared to the first term, the... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

Wrote a brief paper "Second Attempt at America First: Donald Trump and the Survival of International Organizations"

Some reflections on the first six months and what we generally know from the academic literature on the crisis of multilateralism

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Country I know best has already booked, in its national medium-term budget, a *reduction* of its EU contribution in the order of 1.6bln/year from 2028 😳

Commission proposed MFF budget looks reasonable at first glance

More evolution than revolution with competitiveness and defence receiving (rightly) substantially more money

Devil is in the detail and MS won't be happy with increase to 1.26% GNI (despite many new challenges) and new own resources

Today we present the EU budget for 2028-2034.

It's a budget for a new era, that matches Europe’s ambition.

That addresses Europe’s challenges.

That strengthens our independence.⁩

YouTube video by Georgian Institute of Politics REUNIR Mid-term Conference in Tbilisi – Hylke Dijkstra, Maastricht University

How to align EU strategies with the realities of candidate countries?

ENSURED's @hdijkstra.bsky.social calls for creative solutions to strengthening ties with countries in its Eastern neighborhood & the Western Balkans.

🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0_2...

For @reunir.bsky.social