Hylke Dijkstra

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

🎓🌍 It's the last day of the ENSURED Summer School!

Over the last week, students & researchers have grappled with the challenges and future of effective, robust & democratic global governance.

A huge 🙏 to the participants for their ideas!

📝 Read the summary: www.ensuredeurope.eu/news-events/...

Oh, and I am old enough to remember a General Conference in Bordeaux, where there was no conference programme, no lunch, and presentations in temporary classrooms

ECPR apparently forgot that they have to pay VAT for their conference taking place in Thessaloniki.... next month

Unpopular opinion, but perhaps we should welcome more economists in our discipline 💶

The NATO summit narratives focused on the wrong thing: 5% defence spending is not to entertain Trump, it is for us and our own European security!

And the situation in Georgia looks increasingly dire (also in the absence of Europe taking responsibility for its own security)

Early View Article

International Bureaucracies as Constrained Entrepreneurs: The Budget Crisis of the OSCE

www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/glo...

Back from 2 days NATO summit and 2 days Tbilisi

Reagan said it well: "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction"

Full day at NATO Public Forum in The Hague. SecGen Rutte was in a joyful mood at the kick-off

Off to the NATO Public Forum in The Hague 🇪🇺 🇺🇲

Early rise but they've put together a very nice programme (all events will also be streamed online): www.natopublicforum.org

Speakers - Nato Public Forum Speakers Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone Chair of NATO’s Military Committee Admiral Pierre Vandier Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Ágnes Vadai Vice President, NATO Parliamentary Assembly Hungary...

Impressive line-up for the NATO Public Forum. Looking forward to two days in The Hague www.natopublicforum.org/speakersnl/

Yep, I am old enough to remember politicians claiming Kosovo and Iran to be the two success stories of EU foreign policy

In Den Haag staat de veiligheid van Europa op het spel Eerder dan er te bakkeleien over percentjes, moet Europa op de Navo-top duidelijk stellen dat het zijn defensie zelf wil dragen.

Onze Maastrichtse opinie @standaard.be over de NAVO-top en de fixatie op de 5% norm.

Media en politiek dreigen de kern van de zaak te vergeten: “de Amerikaanse veiligheidsparaplu is voltooid verleden tijd.”

- met @hdijkstra.bsky.social & Sophie Vanhoonacker

www.standaard.be/opinies/in-d...

Yes, exactly. And don't forget there's already a 17.4m euros NextGenerationEU loan backing this Schuman reconstruction project www.beliris.be/projets/schu...

Going by the regular speed of Brussels construction projects, the Commission President will have finished her term before this muddy puddle will be covered by a UFO

Brusselse regering smeekt Von der Leyen om geld voor Schumanplein In een brief aan het adres van Europees Commissievoorzitter Ursula von der Leyen smeekt de Brusselse regering in lopende zaken om geld voor de heraanleg van het Schumanplein.

Haha. Brussels politicians fail to form a government more than 12 months after the local elections (nevermind that BXL is a medium-sized city and not a country)

Ran out of money and now blackmailing Ursula von der Leyen to pay for the Schuman Roundabout renovations

www.bruzz.be/actua/steden...

Met @studioeuropa.bsky.social organiseerde Clingendael een expertgesprek over de NAVO, defensieuitgaven en de complexe Trans-Atlantische relatie. Met o.a. @remkorteweg.bsky.social, @dcvw.bsky.social, @hdijkstra.bsky.social en Permanent Vertegenwoordiger van Nederland bij de NAVO, Thijs van der Plas.

On my desk and soon(ish) in your bookshop

Proofs of the 4th edition of our textbook "International Organization" with Bloomsbury 👇