Tom Kirk

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

Post Archive

12 November 2020
Several states have declared that the Arctic is their shared responsibility at a time when global warming changes the Arctic landscape and attracts the interests of states and…
11 November 2020
Duncan summarises the findings of new research into developing countries that have managed to reduce income inequality.  The wheels of academia grind slowly, but eventually grind…
10 November 2020
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…
09 November 2020
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…
06 November 2020
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 …
04 November 2020
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…
02 November 2020
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…
30 October 2020
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…
26 October 2020
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…
22 October 2020
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…
20 October 2020
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…