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Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Congratulations to @hdijkstra.bsky.social and @mariellew.bsky.social on receiving a €6.6M NWO grant for the KNOWSEC-NL project!🎉 This initiative tackles rising geopolitical tensions and their impact on research security, aiming to protect knowledge while preserving vital international collaboration.

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Cyrus Mody @ccmmody.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

congrats to @mariellew.bsky.social @hdijkstra.bsky.social & all the other colleagues (oa @danishanley.bsky.social @posteurope.bsky.social Mario Daniels, Miles MacLeod & Guus Dix) involved in this upcoming consortium project on knowledge security: 1/x www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/maastri...

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Maastricht University researchers lead €6.6 million NWO project on knowledge security

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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

❓ Is Europe on the right track ❓ Ahead of #WHA79 we publish in @bmj.com a NEW paper outlining some missteps & opportunities for European leadership in #globalhealth #multilateralism #security #governance Freely available: www.bmj.com/content/393/...

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Óscar Fernández @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

For further insights on the EU's role in global health governance and other policy areas, follow the @ensured.bsky.social project. More journal articles are on the way!

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Óscar Fernández @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This aligns with the views of @martinmckee.bsky.social and Mishal Khan, who published an excellent BMJ editorial referencing our contribution and highlighting what is at stake at this year's WHA: www.bmj.com/content/393/...

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Óscar Fernández @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

We argue that the EU could be doing more to exercise effective leadership in these negotiations (and beyond). The Commission-led single-voice approach to the talks has made the EU too inward-focused. The EU should place further emphasis on building external trust and equitable partnerships.

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Óscar Fernández @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The @who.int's Pandemic Agreement was adopted last year, but this was only a partial win for multilateralism. Delegates have missed a deadline to finalise a key annex on Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS), on which the whole treaty hinges, in time for this year's WHA.

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Óscar Fernández @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

With the World Health Assembly (WHA) beginning next Monday, geopolitical pressures and narrow interests are shaping the global health agenda. In this context, debates on global health security and pandemic preparedness have reached an impasse.

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Óscar Fernández @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

🌐 New publication! Happy to share that an analysis article I co-authored with Hylke Dijkstra on "Global health security and pandemic preparedness: Europe’s leadership challenge" has just been published in @bmj.com. Free access: www.bmj.com/content/393/...

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Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Zhanwei Wang, @hdijkstra.bsky.social and Catherine Yuk-ping Lo explore a key puzzle in global #governance: why does the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) — China’s flagship multilateral initiative — closely follow Western development bank standards? academic.oup.com/irap/article...

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The AIIB as an ordinary development bank? China and the design of international institutions

Abstract. The institutional design of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), established by China, follows best practices for multilateral develo

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

🚨 New article: "The AIIB as an ordinary development bank? China and the design of international institutions" in International Relations of the Asia-Pacific with Zhanwei Wang and Catherine Yuk-ping Lo Available here via Open Access: academic.oup.com/irap/article...

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

ICYMI. We published last week our article "The Geopoliticisation of International Organisations and Strategic Technologies" @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social The article is Open Access and available here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has appointed @hdijkstra.bsky.social as a new life-long scientific member. Founded in 1752, the KHMW bridges science and society - an honour recognizing Hylke’s work on #geopolitics and #policy engagement.

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

NEW PUBLICATION: In August-September 2025 we surveyed 763 experts in 48 countries on the challenges for Global Governance. This @ensured.bsky.social report has the results 🌐 1️⃣ Expert scores on 110 IOs 2️⃣ Forecasting of challenges 3️⃣ Conjoint on IO survival www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...

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Robust, Effective, and Democratic Global Governance for a World in Transition: Evidence From the ENSURED Expert Survey - Research Report | ENSURED

Based on the ENSURED Expert Survey, this report offers a global assessment of how 110 international organisations (IOs) are coping in today’s turbulent world.

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

🚨 Vacancies at Maastricht in research programme "Europe: Society, Politics and Global Order" (do share!) - Assistant Prof Political Philosophy in Euro Democracy - Assistant Prof Euro Political History - PostDoc Disinformation and Euro Democracy vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/search/?crea...

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Tom Theuns @tomtheuns.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I am very pleased to share I will be returning to Maastricht University, my alma mater, to give a public talk on my book 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 (Hurst/Oxford). When: Monday 19 January, 20:00 Where: Auditorium, Minderbroedersberg 4-6 www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/nl/events/pr...

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Protecting Democracy in Europe - Agenda - Maastricht University

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

📣 Publication day: The 4th edition of "International Organization" (Bloomsbury) is now available in your favourite bookshop 📚 Details: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/internati...

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

New article: "Second Attempt at America First: Donald Trump and the Survival of International Organizations" published in Global Policy 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

New article: "Second Attempt at America First: Donald Trump and the Survival of International Organizations" published in Global Policy 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Number of European students travelling to the USA for a university degree remains... steady (number of Indian nationals is down) Perhaps it will decline in the future, but worth to be a bit more critical about all the anecdotal exodus stories

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

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

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

📝 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/...

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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

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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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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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...

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Vlaanderen stopt ook met onderzoek naar ontwikkelingsbeleid

Ondanks een “positieve evaluatie” draait Vlaanderen de geldkraan richting het Instituut voor Ontwikkelingsbeleid dicht.

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Thomas Sommerer @tsommerer.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

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/...

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

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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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.

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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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Luana Russo @luanarusso.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

📣 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...

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

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...

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

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

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Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

🔔⭐ 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.

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

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

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

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...

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Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

👏 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

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

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/...

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(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...

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

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

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 16/07/2025

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.⁩

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

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

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REUNIR Mid-term Conference in Tbilisi – Hylke Dijkstra, Maastricht University

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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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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

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 💶

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