Tom Kirk

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

Post Archive

Amjed Rasheed and Juline Beaujouan analyse the recent attacks in Europe in the light of a three-year-research on region–state–religion triangle in MENA. Europe is reeling from the…
The immense plight of Azerbaijan’s internally displaced persons (IDPs) must be recognized and tackled for long-term peace. Following OSCE-mediated talks between foreign ministers…
Shreya Bhattacharya explores the enduring challenges to charter cities projects. In 2009, Nobel Prize laureate and former Chief Economist of the World Bank Paul Romer …
Christian van Nieuwerburgh with some useful advice for those of us about to re-enter lockdown. Already experiencing pandemic fatigue, many of us feel ill-prepared for another…
Corruption is considered one of the main contributors to Africa’s development challenges, but less is known about the determinants of corruption and why the levels of corruption…
Johannes Urpelainen calls on the winner of the US elections to commit to leading efforts to tackle climate change. Joe Biden’s climate change and environmental justice plan calls…
Fraternal Enemies: Israel and the Gulf Monarchies by Clive Jones and Yoel Guzansky. London: Hurst, 2020. 297 pp., £45 hardcover 9781787382121 Clive Jones and Yoel Guzansky’s joint…
This past year has shown many governments that they are not as resilient as they thought they were when facing global shocks. COVID-19 has especially exposed the fragility of our…
Once the Kremlin is persuaded that Joe Biden will become the US’s next president, it will go for the jugular. Already today, not election manipulation, but triggering civil…
Don McLain Gill on how Quad members could offer an alternative to China's new South Asian empire. As China continues to deepen its influence in South Asia, the…
This blog is based on a new paper published in the forthcoming special issue of Global Policy, edited by C2G. To access an early view of the full article, please…
Linda Ghirardello and Roland Benedikter argue that the results of Guinea's upcoming election will have ramifications for the whole of West Africa and beyond.  There are…