Tom Kirk

Tom is GP's Online Editor and researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science. 

Post Archive

14 February 2025
Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera provides policy recommendations to address the (im)migration crisis in the United States and proposes a long-term comprehensive solution. Immigration is…
13 February 2025
This is the second of a three-part series on the future of the IMF (read the first here).  The second part starts with a short section to illustrate how the western bloc uses…
13 February 2025
AI may be a game-changer for climate action, but it also comes with hidden environmental and social costs. To harness its potential without deepening inequalities, we need…
12 February 2025
Six years ago, Sierra Leone’s President declared a national emergency over sexual violence. Today, men in the West African nation are playing their part to fight for the safety of…
11 February 2025
This post introduces a forthcoming e-book, ‘Decolonial Education and Youth Aspirations’, edited by Nyashadzashe Mandivenga and Sara Camacho Felix. Chapters will be…
11 February 2025
This is the second chapter in a forthcoming e-book, entitled 'Decolonial Education and Youth Aspirations', edited by Nyashadzashe Mandivenga and Sara Camacho Felix.  In…
07 February 2025
Daniele Carminati explores how countries are using soft power to harness  dissatisfaction with the current state of global affairs and challenge the status quo. In Nye’s…
06 February 2025
This is the first post in a three-part series about the interstate political-economy order, and specifically about the IMF and how it can best ensure its survival in our currently…
05 February 2025
Layih Butake and Augustin Wambo Yamdjeu hail the new plan and call local expertise to drive its implementation. It's official: the new Comprehensive Africa Agriculture…
03 February 2025
Globalization promised us a united world, but in the end, it revealed a divided humanity—one that chose greed over grace, silence over solidarity, and self-interest over survival…
28 January 2025
Stephan Klingebiel and Hangwei Li argue that China's developing-country status no longer describes reality. According to the World Bank, high-income economies are defined as…