Tom Kirk

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

Post Archive

01 October 2018
Book Review – War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence by Ronan Farrow. New York: W.W. Norton & Company 2018. 432 pp., £14.50 hardcover…
28 September 2018
Seth Schindler argues that countries embracing the Belt and Road Initiative may soon be forced to choose between the U.S. and China. Relations between the U.S. and China continue…
27 September 2018
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the largest international framework set to achieve a better and more sustainable future. The 17 goals cover a broad range of areas,…
27 September 2018
Hanging along the corridors are the portraits of the fallen land and environmental warriors who continued to fight bravely despite the serious threats and repercussions that…
27 September 2018
During panel discussions at the 2018 Global Land Forum on ‘Securing Land Rights for Youth’, Aneesh Thillenkery recognised the importance of the session; ‘there is finally a space…
26 September 2018
Alex Gilbert and Morgan D. Bazilian explore how the USA can support European energy security. On Tuesday, U.S. President Trump warned the United Nations General Assembly that “…
25 September 2018
The second in the Global Leadership Initiative's series of blogs form the Global Land Forum. Despite being on the global development agenda for several decades, land restitution…
25 September 2018
F. Landis MacKellar explores three areas where demography can be closely linked to climate change adaptation. In the run up to October’s 48th session of the Intergovernmental…
24 September 2018
Johannes Urpelainen explores opportunities for non-state actors to work with national governments to influence climate policy. Governor Jerry Brown’s Global Climate Action Summit…
21 September 2018
Tom Kirk, GP’s Online Editor, provides his thoughts on the first ‘Global Policy North Conference: The Challenge of Brexit for the North’ held at the University of Leeds on 20th…
20 September 2018
Ross Chainey picks through Li Keqiang's recent speech. The basic principles of free trade should be maintained and unilateral trade actions will not solve any problems,…
20 September 2018
But is this the best strategy for advancing British interests? Here is the argument based on the findings of a recent Dahrendorf Forum working paper. All eyes in British politics…
19 September 2018
What value do statistics really have when it comes to describing events in a country? For most people, statistics are a means to an end, a way to validate their point of view. I’…
19 September 2018
Those who have served the current US president are necessarily tainted by the experience. While they should not be barred from speaking at universities, they should be accorded…