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Hylke Dijkstra

@hdijkstra.bsky.social

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Professor of International Security and Cooperation in Maastricht. Leading large ERC and Horizon research projects. Interested in international organizations, global governance, European Union, security, geopolitics, NATO

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · Jan 24

PUBLICATION DAY! Our book "The Survival of International Organizations" is now available online (for free) with Oxford University Press 🎉

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The Survival of International Organizations: Institutional Responses to Existential Challenges

Abstract. While international organizations (IOs) have played a central role in global governance in the post-Cold War period, during the last decade many

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 2d

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)

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 7d

📝 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/...

Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 14d

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

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 14d

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 · 14d

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

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14d

An escalator malfunction that required President Trump to walk up one flight of steps at the United Nations had false claims swirling on social media that it was a deliberate act of sabotage by UN staff. nyti.ms/3IDjidS

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 14d

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...

Vlaanderen stopt ook met onderzoek naar ontwikkelingsbeleid

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

www.standaard.be

Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 15d

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...

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."

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · Sep 8

📝 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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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...

www.ensuredeurope.eu

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Thomas Sommerer @tsommerer.bsky.social · Sep 4

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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Felix Peerboom @felixpeerboom.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨 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:

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...

www.ensuredeurope.eu

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · Sep 4

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.

www.ensuredeurope.eu

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 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 · Aug 28

📸 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 · Aug 27

📣 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 · Jul 29

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

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · Jul 29

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/...

(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...

www.researchgate.net

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · Jul 29

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

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · Jul 29

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 · Jul 28

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 · Jun 17

🔔⭐ 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 · Jul 22

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

Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · Jul 22

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 · Jul 18

👏 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 · Jul 18

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/...

(PDF) Second Attempt at America First: Donald Trump and the Survival of International Organizations

www.researchgate.net

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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · Jul 16

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 😳

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