Articles by Martijn Huysmans

March 18, 2025

How legal safeguards stabilise power relations in international organisations

Martijn Huysmans

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

Martijn Huysmans

Associate Professor of Political Economy, Utrecht University School of Economics

Martijn's research focuses on institutional design and the political economy of the EU.

He has published in journals such as Review of International Political Economy, International Studies Quarterly, European Union Politics, and Journal of Common Market Studies.

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