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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

✨ The ENSURED policy brief that brings it all together ✨ As geopolitical tensions rise, the EU faces strategic choices. What does it take to defend global cooperation? 🔗 Answers in @stevenblockmans.bsky.social's new policy brief: www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications... @ceps.eu

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

🖥️ Webinar tomorrow! Join ENSURED researcher @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social (@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social) for a look at COVID-19, the World Health Organization, and the future of health governance. Don't miss it: 📅 26 February | ⏰ 15–16 CET | 📍 Online 🎟 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

🆕 ENSURED Blog! Trump’s renewed withdrawals from international institutions echo Trump 1.0. A new ENSURED blog by @heinkelmann-wild.bsky.social distils 3 lessons for defending IOs. 🔑 takeaway: Western powers & the EU must preserve the rules-based order! 📝: www.ensuredeurope.eu/blog/three-l...

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

📍🇮🇳 ENSURED in New Delhi | Day 2 ENSURED researchers visited the India International Centre, a hub for global dialogue, to discuss how global governance can strengthen international cooperation. Thanks to Jayati Srivastava, JNU students & IIC colleagues for the great exchange! 🙏

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

✈️🇮🇳 Last stop: New Delhi! Team ENSURED is wrapping up our Asia trip at Jawaharlal Nehru University with a workshop on reforming global governance. We enjoyed great discussions on climate finance, health, migration & more. Stay tuned for Day 2! @hdijkstra.bsky.social @claraweinhardt.bsky.social

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

🇨🇳✈️ From Tokyo to Beijing! Team ENSURED arrived in China to discuss the future of global trade governance. At UIBE, researchers from Europe & China exchanged on WTO reform, EU-China trade cooperation, and China’s role in global governance. @hdijkstra.bsky.social @claraweinhardt.bsky.social

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

🇯🇵 ENSURED in Tokyo! Last week, ENSURED researchers @hdijkstra.bsky.social & Michal Parizek exchanged with Japanese policy institutions & Hitotsubashi University. The topic: ENSURED's findings on the future of global governance. Stay tuned for more ENSURED outreach, including in 🇨🇳 & 🇮🇳 !

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

📌 Overall: Multilateral institutions have proven institutionally robust —stable decision-making, no democratic collapse — but they face growing headwinds. Stagnating openness and rising autocratisation pose risks for the future of global governance.

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

🏛️ Domestic regime type: IOs with more democratic memberships tend to perform better and maintain greater access for non-state actors. Where autocratisation rises, we see early signs of declining output and stalled openness — though major rollbacks have not yet appeared.

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

⚖️ Effectiveness vs inclusiveness? The data show no strong trade-off, despite what some have feared. More open IOs are not less effective. Instead, performance and openness often move together, shaped by similar structural conditions — particularly the democratic composition of IO membership.

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

🌐 IO openness: The rapid expansion of non-state access seen from 1990–2010 has largely stalled. Since 2010, access rules have stayed almost unchanged — no major expansion, but also no clear rollback, despite rising autocratisation.

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

📊 Output performance: IO decision-making has remained relatively stable since 2010, with only modest drops during COVID-19 and signs of recovery after 2020. Some IOs show modest upward trends, whereas others decline.

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

📊 Output performance: IO decision-making has remained relatively stable since 2010, with only modest drops during COVID-19 and signs of recovery after 2020. Some IOs—like the EU, GEF, IAEA, OECD, and WHO—show modest upward trends.

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

🤝 As global multilateralism undergoes a period of readjustment, how can the EU and the Global South work together to shape its future? Last week, ENSURED researchers gathered in Rio to discuss with scholars from across the Global South. The event summary 👇: www.ensuredeurope.eu/news-events/...

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

👥 How democratic are international organisations? Do all states have an equal say? And what role do non-state actors, like scientists or civil society actors, have to play? Read ENSURED's latest research for some common challenges that undermine IO democracy: www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Join ENSURED in Paris! 🇫🇷 In an roundtable co-hosted with @ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social & @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, we’ll reflect on a decade of implementation & the road to Belém. 🗓️ 15 Oct, 17:30 CET 📍 Jacques Chapsal Amphitheatre, Paris 🔗 Learn more: lnkd.in/dMky_C-j

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

📢 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

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

📸 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/...

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

How does the EU frame its role in multilateral governance? Where are its narrative strengths&weaknesses? Join us @ Robert Bosch Stiftung in Berlin, 18:00, Sept 9 for a discussion on this & other questions about strategic communications for multilateralism. Register: ensuredinberlin.eventbrite.com

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

How can strategic political communications bolster more effective, robust, and democratic global governance?👉Find out on Sept 9 @ 18:00, at the Robert Bosch Stiftung in Berlin. Register by Sept 8: ensuredinberlin.eventbrite.com @claraweinhardt.bsky.social @gppi.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Save the date! Join us on Sept 9 at 18:00 in Berlin for an event on “Crafting Global Narratives – Strategic Communications for Multilateralism.” REGISTER NOW: ensuredinberlin.eventbrite.com @maastrichtu.bsky.social @gppi.bsky.social @claraweinhardt.bsky.social @ensured.bsky.social

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Is the EU telling a compelling multilateral story? Join ENSURED for a dynamic evening on the power of storytelling in global governance: 📍Robert Bosch Stiftung (Französische Str. 32, 10117 Berlin) 📅Sept 9, 18:00 ✒️https://ensuredinberlin.eventbrite.com/ @claraweinhardt.bsky.social @gppi.bsky.social

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

🎥 #MeetTheResearchers: ENSURED’s Amanda Pridmore! Amanda leads our work on strategic communication. What excites her most about ENSURED? The chance to rethink how Europe communicates its values — and ways that good storytelling can help build trust in multilateral cooperation. @gppi.bsky.social

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

🎓🌍 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/...

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

🗳️⚖️ What makes an IO “democratic”? Our research shows that it is all about participation & accountability. In recent reports, ENSURED researchers looked at which factors undermine democracy in IOs. They include: 🛑 Restrictions on civil society participation 🛑 Regime complexity 🛑 Great speed

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

“Robustness:” how well an institution “withstands external & internal contestations,” while upholding & advancing core functions. ENSURED research identifies factors undermining it, incl. 🗺️geopoliticisation, ⛓️‍💥institutional fragmentation, &💸underfunding. More at: www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

😷 WEBINAR | Navigating Regime Complexity in Global Health Join ENSURED's @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social (@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social) for an @euhealthgov.bsky.social event on how the EU navigates health governance. 📅 June 11 🕝 13–14 CEST 📍 Online ✍️: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/01c616...

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

What makes our researchers tick? 🕰️📖 For @mirkoheinzel.bsky.social (@Maastricht University), studying multilateralism is about so much more than just making global governance more effective…🚨 Find his recent report (with @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social) here: www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

🌐 As the #WHA78 opens today, a new ENSURED report asks: How does the IP–public health regime impact vaccine access? Read how WTO, WHO & WIPO dynamics shape policy – and what it means going forward. 📝 By @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social & @mirkoheinzel.bsky.social 🔗 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Hot off the press: ENSURED’s first 5 research reports! 🥳🎉 Multilateralism: What's working, what isn’t & where is room for reform? A deep dive: 🛠 WTO reform 🌱 UNFCCC decision-making 💉 IP-Public Health nexus ⚖️ UN HRC 💻 Cyberspace governance Read the reports 👉 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

What draws #ENSURED researchers to studying multilateralism & global governance? For @franziskapetri.bsky.social (@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social), the answer obvious: climate change. “It is just necessary to look at the global level, because you can’t fix climate change alone.” #MeetTheResearchers

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

There is much to look forward to at ENSURED! The project's first 5️⃣ reports are dropping soon & @franziskapetri.bsky.social (@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social) is excited to see how the results from across ENSURED's various research streams interact with and build on each other. #MeetTheResearchers

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

What drives our researchers’ interest in global governance? For Michal Parizek (@charlesuni.cuni.cz), it’s the interplay between power politics and finding collective solutions to global challenges. What fascinates you about global governance? #MeetTheResearchers #ENSUREDEurope

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

📽️ Michal Parizek (@charlesuni.cuni.cz) is excited that ENSURED research connects him directly with key players in global trade. As WTO reforms take shape amid rising tensions, his team has been on the ground in Geneva. Stay tuned for their findings coming soon in a new #ENSURED research report! 🧐

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

In the 2025 State of Civil Society Report, ENSURED consortium member CIVICUS takes the pulse of global civil society. Political crises are up, while funding is down. But: “crises can present opportunities to experiment.” Read the full report: www.ensuredeurope.eu/news-events/... #SOCS2025

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

ENSURED's Andrea Liese shares her excitement about diving into a case study on the UN Human Rights Council and exploring how the #humanrights system could be made more #robust, #effective, and #democratic. Findings from Andrea's research will be published in early May.🚀 The countdown starts now!

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

🔦 Researcher Spotlight: Meet Andrea Liese (University of Potsdam). What made her interested in studying global governance? Being surrounded by conversations about politics early in life, an interest in international relations, and an internship at the UN shortly after the fall of the Iron Curtain.

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

It's been almost 100 days since Trump 2.0 began. What has the shake-up meant for the global economy – & what's coming? Join us in Berlin to hear from experts, including ENSURED's @claraweinhardt.bsky.social. 📆 Fri, 11.04 📍 @hertieschool.bsky.social 🗣️ in DE 🔗 www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

🌏 With 2024 as the hottest year on record, sources of hope on climate action can be hard to find. And yet: Multilateralism works. Tune in to hear ENSURED's @franziskapetri.bsky.social talk EU climate governance w/ @earsomj.bsky.social & @janagheuens.bsky.social. 🎙️: soundcloud.com/user-7679514...

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

🎙️ New @ceps.eu podcast with ENSURED's @stevenblockmans.bsky.social! In this episode, Steven discusses the consequences of US policy shifts, Europe’s delayed response to Ukraine & what's needed to strengthen European defence capabilities. ⏯️ Tune in: open.spotify.com/episode/2djQ...

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

🌐 What is the state of global governance? @tsommerer.bsky.social sees it as 2 sides of the same coin: 🪙 There is a sense of stagnation. And yet... 🪙 IOs have often proven to be 'sticky'. This cautious optimism is backed by 2 key data sets — which Thomas & his team will update as part of ENSURED!

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

🎉 ENSURED's very own @stephofmann.bsky.social has won the 2025 J. Ann Tickner Award! It celebrates Stephanie’s boundary-pushing IR research & commitment to teaching. 📌 More about the award & Stephanie’s work at @eui-schuman.bsky.social / @eui-sps.bsky.social: www.ensuredeurope.eu/news-events/...

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

There are many challenges yet to be overcome in the field of global digital governance, says ENSURED researcher Federica Marconi (@iaionline.bsky.social). She and her team are mapping global initiatives & state positions to inform more robust, effective, & democratic approaches to these challenges.

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Nothing brings us together like debates on multilateralism... and Chicago-style pizza! 🍕 A few 📸 from yesterday's ENSURED session (& dinner) at #ISA2025 in Chicago, where we enjoyed a lively exchange on global governance around climate change, trade & migration. 📰 Summary coming soon!

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

It's been 5 years since the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. How has the EU adapted? Join @idamusialkowska.bsky.social & ENSURED's @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social for a webinar on the state of global health governance! 📆 Tuesday, March 11 ⏰ 3PM CET 📍 Online 🔗 dcu-ie.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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