Tom is GP's Online Editor and researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Tom Kirk
Post Archive
Earthquakes continue to be the deadliest type of disasters in developing countries. In particular, more than two-third (67.60%) of the earthquake deaths, since the new millennium…
The political marketplace model provides an important corrective to the dominant liberal narrative of how weak and failed states operate. It identifies the real incentives and…
Megan Dee argues that NATO needs to add substance to its recent rhetoric.
Anniversaries are meant to be a celebration. They represent a moment of reflection – a marker, a…
Immigration has formed a key part of political discourse in recent years. With this in mind, it is relevant to examine the extent of division elicited by the issue. Both voting…
Introducing the GGF's three final interactive reports.
The Global Governance Futures program (GGF) brings together young professionals to look ahead 10 years and think of ways to…
Fatih Birol introduces the findings of the World Energy Outlook 2019 report.
More than 40 years after the International Energy Agency (IEA) published the first edition of the …
A second wave of global protests following the Arab Spring has brought youth onto the streets to voice their frustrations. United across time-zones and cultures, these young…
Human psychology and institutional incentives are powerful barriers to truth and reason, but both can be addressed.
It is astounding that human beings continue to be astounded by…
Leïla Choukroune on what may be sacrificed to secure Britain’s post-Brexit trade deals.
“Peace is the natural effect of trade. Two nations who traffic with each other become…
Money coming into Africa is outweighed by money coming out. As Southern Africa faces major challenges in meeting its targets on social and economic rights, Sunit Bagree addresses…
Brexit has weakened populists on the continent? This is wishful thinking. No longer willing to leave the EU, instead populists are determined to take it over.
Brexit is a moving…
Recently, the French President Emmanuel Macron traveled to Beijing to challenge the attempt of the United States to normalize its trade relationship with China. With the lack of…
Tackling climate change numbers among the most pressing issues for governments worldwide. But after the United Nations struggled to even find a host for its upcoming international…
What the fall of the Wall and the last thirty years should have taught us is that without freedom there is no equality, and without equality freedom is fragile and vulnerable.…
I recently sat down with inequality guru Branko Milanovic to discuss his path-breaking work on inequality, and his new book, Capitalism Alone (review follows tomorrow). Here are a…