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.

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...

❓ 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/...

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!

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/...

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.

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.

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.

🌐 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/...

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...

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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🚨 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...

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....

New article: "The Geopoliticisation of International Organisations and Strategic Technologies: Exacerbating Global Rivalries?" @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Geopoliticisation of International Organisations and Strategic Technologies: Exacerbating Global Rivalries?

International organisations (IOs) are traditionally seen as facilitators of international cooperation between states. Regarding emerging strategic technologies, many observers view IOs as multilate...

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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.

🚨🗣️ ENSURED Expert Survey New research by Soetkin Verhaegen, @hdijkstra.bsky.social & @tsommerer.bsky.social offers a global assessment (based on a survey of 763 experts) of how 110 international organisations are coping in today’s turbulent world. @maastrichtu.bsky.social @unipotsdam.bsky.social 👇

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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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...

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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🚨 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...

🚨 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...

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...

🚨🚨 We're #hiring! 🚨🚨 Assistant Professor of Political and Social Philosophy @maastrichtu.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social @hdijkstra.bsky.social @ccmmody.bsky.social @masssimons.bsky.social www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3566...

Assistant Professor in Political and Social Philosophy

Welcome to Maastricht University! At Maastricht University, philosophy plays a vital role in understanding a world marked by political tensions, technological upheaval, and societal transformations. H...

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

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/...

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/...

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

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

📝 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

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 11mo ago

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

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.

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