Tom Kirk

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

Post Archive

28 April 2022
Nearly two months into the war in Ukraine, and peace is nowhere in sight. In fact, the level of destruction has intensified and both sides seem to have little hope for a peaceful…
25 April 2022
This is the second in a new collection of commentaries from the Emerging Global Governance (EGG) Project on the New Development Bank's evolution. Browse the series here. Gregory T…
22 April 2022
Duncan Green looks at figures that reveal the damage done to the UK Aid programming. I’ve been catching up on the news after a week away in Amman running the first pilot training…
21 April 2022
Rodrigo Mena and Kristin Bergtora Sandvik examine the use of technology in Ukraine for humanitarian purposes, focusing on the use of Telegram and cryptocurrencies, seeking to…
14 April 2022
This is the first in a new collection of commentaries from the Emerging Global Governance (EGG) Project on the New Development Bank's evolution. Read an introduction to the series…
14 April 2022
Gregory T. Chin, Co-Director of the Emerging Global Governance (EGG) Project, introduces a collection of commentaries on the New Development Bank's evolution.…
13 April 2022
John Wagner Givens provides an alternative perspective to fears that China is watching Russia's actions in Ukraine with a view Taiwan's future. Since Russia’s brazen and…
12 April 2022
Indrajit Roy argues that the support for Ukraine among much of the Global South stands in stark contrast to the abstentions by 35 countries. The brutal war in Ukraine has led many…
11 April 2022
Between bombing runs, secretive and contradictory diplomatic maneuvers, severe sanctions as well as humanitarian neglect, it is clear that the plight of ordinary Syrians is not of…
08 April 2022
Takamitsu Hadano examines the role of multilateralism in the UN Security Council in the context of the Russo-Ukrainian War and beyond with a focus on issues surrounding…
07 April 2022
Writing for GPNG, Caroline Tynan argues that online platforms must adhere to and carefully balance international human rights law to tackle online hate and extremism during…
06 April 2022
Rodrigo Fracalossi de Moraes explores why middle and regional powers are playing a delicate balancing act on Russia. Emerging, middle or regional powers in the Global South…
05 April 2022
Zhanna Malekos Smith explores the future of state enabled cyber security threats. The U.S. intelligence community (IC) recently unveiled its new Annual Threat Assessment,…
31 March 2022
Guinea is an exemplary case of North-South exploitation, as well as of the ambiguities involved on both sides. This is what is shown by the case of its foreign-stored gold…