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How can the EU better defend & transform multilateralism? ENSURED is funded by the EU's Horizon Europe programme. Posts reflect views of project partners only. https://www.ensuredeurope.eu/

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Curious for more? This blog is based on in-depth research by @lisadellmuth.bsky.social & @jonastallberg.bsky.social Tallberg. 📝: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

link.springer.comPublic opinion and international organizations - The Review of International OrganizationsPublic opinion has become an increasingly important issue for international organizations (IOs) in the wake of growing politicization and contestation of global governance. This special issue aims to ...
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📄📢 ENSURED report! Global cooperation isn’t disappearing — it’s transforming. As IOs face pressure, governance is shifting via minilateral, regional & alternative formats. 🔀 Henning Schmidtke & Stephanie Hofmann (@eui-eu.bsky.social) show how this “variable geometry” reshapes global governance.

ensuredeurope.euPathways for Global Governance Transformation: Evidence from 15 Case Studies - Research Report | ENSUREDDespite global turmoil, states still want to cooperate - the question is how. What forms of global governance are currently at play and why this “variable geometry” has implications for our understand...

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🔴 The #Omnibus I package was adopted today – confirming the EU’s worrying U-turn on its ambition to be a standard-setter at a time of escalating climate & human rights crises. Read more from @fidh-official.bsky.social's Maddalena Neglia in @ensured.bsky.social: www.ensuredeurope.eu/blog/eu-omni...

ensuredeurope.eu"A Particularly Worrying Message": What Omnibus I Signals About the EU's Global Role - Expert Blog | ENSUREDTo boost EU competitiveness through regulatory simplification, the European Commission adopted the Omnibus I package, amending key sustainability directives. While framed as a move to reduce burdens, ...
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📍🇮🇳 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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🚨🕸️ As global governance grows more complex, what factors determine how well international cooperation works? Read the latest ENSURED report “Governing in Complexity” by Henning Schmidtke & Stephanie Hofmann to find out! @eui-schuman.bsky.social @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz

ensuredeurope.euGoverning in Complexity: Assessing the Quality of Global Governance Across 15 Case Studies - Research Report | ENSUREDIn today's world, governance complexity has become the rule. Drawing on the 15 ENSURED case studies, this report explores growing governance complexity and its effect on international cooperation.
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Climate action 🤝 political left? Not necessarily. In a new ENSURED blog, @ninahall.bsky.social (@johnshopkinssais.bsky.social) challenges the idea that the far right is inherently anti-environment. In reality, Hall argues, it's far more complex. What does this mean for environmental governance? 👇

ensuredeurope.euBeyond Obstruction: Rethinking the Far Right and Climate Governance - Expert Blog | ENSUREDFar-right governments are often assumed to obstruct global climate cooperation – but the reality is far more complex. When and why do some far-right leaders engage with international environmental ins...
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🇯🇵 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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🏛️New report on global institutions! Drawing on ENSURED's 15 case studies, our latest research by @hdijkstra.bsky.social shows that reform is far from straightforward, but there remains unexploited potential. @tsommerer.bsky.social @claraweinhardt.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social 👇

ensuredeurope.euReforming Global Institutions in an Era of Geopolitical Strain: Evidence from 15 Case Studies - Research Report | ENSUREDGlobal governance is often described as being in crisis, yet demand for effective international cooperation has never been higher. Drawing on ENSURED's 15 case studies, this report asks: How can inter...
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‍🛣️ENSURED is hitting the road! Our researchers are kicking the year off by presenting their findings at seminars across Asia. This January, they will visit: 🇯🇵 Japan 🇨🇳 China 🇮🇳 India More info 👇 And we’ll be posting updates across our socials, so be sure to follow along!

ensuredeurope.euEvents: Presenting ENSURED Research in Asia - Event | ENSUREDENSURED researchers will be presenting the findings of their research at dissemination seminars across Asia.
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📽️ICYMI: ENSURED x CIVICUS Webinar In this 2️⃣nd installment of our webinar series, 4️⃣panellists explored the future of the WHO Pandemic Agreement. A tentative win for multilateralism, it’s still unratified due to debates over Pathogen Access & Benefit-Sharing (PABS). Watch it here: ⬇️

ensuredeurope.euIn Conversation with Civil Society: Reforming the Global Health Regime - Event Summary | ENSUREDThis webinar brought together researchers and civil society practitioners to discuss the implications of the newly adopted World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Agreement and the future of global h...
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🚨🗣️ 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 👇

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

ensuredeurope.euRobust, Effective, and Democratic Global Governance for a World in Transition: Evidence From the ENSURED Expert Survey - Research Report | ENSUREDBased 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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🚨 REPORT | "Actorness in Different Shades? Comparing EU External Action Across Global Governance Institutions" Drawing on 15 ENSURED case studies, @franziskapetri.bsky.social, @stevenblockmans.bsky.social, Edith Drieskens & @cerenjilan.bsky.social analyse how the EU performs across 5 policy areas.

ensuredeurope.euActorness in Different Shades? Comparing EU External Action Across Global Governance Institutions - Research Report | ENSUREDHow strong an international actor is the EU in a shifting geopolitical landscape? Findings show significant variation in actorness across policy areas and highlight that different forms of EU support ...
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Today marks 10 years of Resolution 2250 on the Youth, Peace and Security agenda. Where are we at now? A new ENSURED blog takes stock of progress on youth-led peacebuilding and outlines what will be needed for the decade ahead. 🔗 www.ensuredeurope.eu/blog/ten-yea... @unu-cpr.bsky.social

ensuredeurope.eu“Youth Should Lead the Way”: Lessons from Ten Years of Programming on the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda - Expert Blog | ENSUREDTen years after Resolution 2250 launched the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agenda, youth-led peacebuilding has proven its transformative potential across diverse contexts. To fulfil this agenda’s pr...
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How can the EU turn the CoE’s new AI Framework Convention into a global standard? ENSURED’s latest policy brief by Wade Hoxtell (@gppi.bsky.social) outlines four ways to solidify the EU's leadership in AI governance: ✨ratify the treaty 🛠️shape the CoP 🌍build up capacity 🤝align EU digital policy

ensuredeurope.euAnchoring Global AI Governance: How the EU Can Leverage the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence - Policy Brief | ENSUREDAs AI evolves faster than regulation, the Council of Europe’s new treaty offers a rare chance to anchor technology in democratic values. How can the EU turn this promise into global leadership on trus...
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📌 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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⚖️ 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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🏛️ 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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📊 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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🌐 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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📢NEW REPORT! Increasingly, women’s and LGBTQI+ rights are being contested on the global stage. In ENSURED’s latest report, Ha Eun Choi & @andrealiese.bsky.social chart how resilient human rights governance is in the face of contestation. 👇 @unipotsdam.bsky.social

ensuredeurope.euThe Global Governance of Sex and Gender: Women's and LGBTQI+ Rights Amid Regress, Reform, and Resilience - Research Report | ENSUREDAfter decades of progress and some landmark wins, women’s and LGBTQI+ rights are becoming increasingly contested on the global stage. How resilient is human rights governance in the face of pushback?

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Interesting new study on the CoE Framework Convention on #AI 👇

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🚨 New Research on the world’s first legally binding treaty on AI: Wade Hoxtell (@gppi.bsky.social) explores the negotiation process behind the Council of Europe’s new “Framework Convention.” How robust, effective, & democratic will this treaty prove to be?👇 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...

ensuredeurope.euGlobal AI Regulation at a Time of Transformation: The Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence - Research Report | ENSUREDThe Framework Convention on AI is the first binding international AI treaty. What do the negotiations and early design of the convention tell us about its likely trajectory, strengths, and weaknesses ...

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Our colleagues from Centre of Public Finance and @charlesuni.cuni.cz examine 2 global tax reforms. 👉 Check the new Ensured Research: How can we stop billions lost to tax avoidance each year? 🔗www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications/reforming-global-tax-governance @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz @ec.europa.eu

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📝 REPORT: Tax Reform 💲Corporate profit shifting costs governments billions in tax revenue. Our latest report, by Tomáš Boukal, Petr Janský, Miroslav Palanský & Michal Parízek (Charles University), explores 2 multilateral initiatives tackling this issue👇 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...

ensuredeurope.euReforming Global Tax Governance: OECD and UN Paths to Effective and Participatory Tax Reform - Research Report | ENSUREDEvery year, governments lose hundreds of billions due to tax avoidance and profit shifting. How can the global tax initiatives meant to address these issues be both effective and democratic?
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🌻It's been 30+ years since the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) entered into force. Is the CBD still getting the job done? In a new ENSURED report, Franziska Petri, Jayati Srivastava, Edith Drieskens & Noa Lameire examine the state of biodiversity governance👇 @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social

ensuredeurope.euMoving Global Biodiversity Governance Forward: How to Strengthen the Convention on Biological Diversity - Research Report | ENSUREDMore than 30 years after the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) came into force, the world is still struggling to slow biodiversity loss. Is the CBD still up to the task?
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📝 REPORT: Tax Reform 💲Corporate profit shifting costs governments billions in tax revenue. Our latest report, by Tomáš Boukal, Petr Janský, Miroslav Palanský & Michal Parízek (Charles University), explores 2 multilateral initiatives tackling this issue👇 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...

ensuredeurope.euReforming Global Tax Governance: OECD and UN Paths to Effective and Participatory Tax Reform - Research Report | ENSUREDEvery year, governments lose hundreds of billions due to tax avoidance and profit shifting. How can the global tax initiatives meant to address these issues be both effective and democratic?
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🚨 New Research on the world’s first legally binding treaty on AI: Wade Hoxtell (@gppi.bsky.social) explores the negotiation process behind the Council of Europe’s new “Framework Convention.” How robust, effective, & democratic will this treaty prove to be?👇 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...

ensuredeurope.euGlobal AI Regulation at a Time of Transformation: The Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence - Research Report | ENSUREDThe Framework Convention on AI is the first binding international AI treaty. What do the negotiations and early design of the convention tell us about its likely trajectory, strengths, and weaknesses ...
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📝 REPORT: WHO Reform During COVID-19, all eyes were on the World Health Organization (WHO) 👀. It exposed structural weaknesses and underlined the (already-existing) need for reform. In a new ENSURED report, Óscar Fernández and Mirko Heinzel (Maastricht University) take stock of these reforms 👇

ensuredeurope.euReforming the World Health Organization After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Diagnosis and Prognosis - Research Report | ENSUREDHow well has the World Health Organization’s reform agenda since 2020 addressed the longstanding and emergent challenges the organization faces? The post-COVID-19 reform agenda shows significant momen...