Articles by Benjamin Daßler

March 18, 2025

How legal safeguards stabilise power relations in international organisations

Benjamin Daßler

International organisations are being challenged from two sides. Weak and rising states are demanding more influence, while declining Western powers turn away from institutions they helped to create. Benjamin Daßler, Tim Heinkelmann-Wild, and Martijn Huysmans argue that institutional rules can help balance power relations and stabilise international cooperation in times of power shifts

Benjamin Daßler

Senior Researcher, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Benjamin leads the project the Politics of Contender Institutions, funded by the German Research Council (DFG).

His research focuses on international organisations and regime complexes, and he has published in journals including ISQ, RIO, EJIR, and CJIP.

@bendassler.bsky.social

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