Benjamin Dassler & Tim Heinkelmann-Wild

Benjamin Dassler & Tim Heinkelmann-Wild

Benjamin Dassler is Principal Investigator of the project “The Politics of Contender Institutions in International Regime Complexes (POLCON)” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) at LMU Munich. His research focuses on global governance, the contestation of international institutions, and international regime complexes. He is the author of the book “The Institutional Topology of International Regime Complexes”, published by Oxford University Press, and of peer-reviewed articles which appeared in ISQ, RIO, EJIR, JIRD, amongst others. Tim Heinkelmann-Wild is a Senior Researcher and Lecturer at LMU Munich’s Geschwister-Scholl-Institute of Political Science. His research focuses on the relationship of international institutions, power, and order. He obtained his dissertation at LMU Munich and was a Junior Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Nuffield College and the Department of Politics and International Relations. His research appeared in journals such as RIO, ISQ, RIS, GSQ, EJPR, and JEPP. His co-authored book “European Blame Games” was published in 2024 by Oxford University Press.

Benjamin Dassler & Tim Heinkelmann-Wild

Decoding “America First:” Which international institutions Trump 2.0 will criticize, undermine, or leave

by Benjamin Dassler & Tim Heinkelmann-Wild | 22 January, 2025 | US Foreign Policy

Donald Trump’s second term in office is causing great concern about the future of the Liberal International Order (ILO) in Western capitals and headquarters of international organizations (IOs). Over the course of the last months, Trump fundamentally attacked international institutions such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Paris Agreement, and the World Trade Organization (WTO). The blueprints for his second administration by the “America First Institute” and “Project 2025” suggest that the U.S. should systematically review its support for international institutions and...

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