Tim Heinkelmann-Wild receives John McCain Award of the Munich Security Conference

This year’s John McCain Dissertation Award has been awarded to GSI’s Tim Heinkelmann-Wild for his outstanding academic achievements in the field of transatlantic relations. His thesis “After Exit: Alternative Leadership and Institutional Resilience after Hegemonic Withdrawal” examines how international organizations and treaties were affected by US withdrawal. His dissertation and its conclusion that in such cases, European countries have often been able to maintain multilateral cooperation, is of considerable policy importance at the current moment.

The John McCain Dissertation Award is awarded annually to up to two outstanding doctoral dissertations dealing with an aspect of transatlantic relations. It consists of several components, including participation in Munich Security Conference events and activities, and a prize sum of up to 10,000 euros.

Picture: MSC/Axel Heimken | Christoph Heusgen (Chairman of the Munich Security Conference), Cindy McCain (Director of the World Food Programm, WFP), Tim Heinkelmann-Wild (Awardee, GSI, LMU Munich), Andrew Moravcsik (Professor at Princeton University)