Tom is GP's Online Editor and researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Jon Jiang argues that China's recent moves against Australia should be viewed through the frame of 'tianxia' - an ancient Chinese term for global order.
The…
Emilian Kavalski suggests that China’s lodestone appears to be losing its appeal in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe; thus, while a year ago many were convinced that…
I recently skyped Deepak Nayyar, Professor of Economics at India’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to discuss his new book, Resurgent Asia. Podcast below.
You start with an…
Shmona Simpson argues that to truly stand in solidarity with #BLM, the development sector must work towards its own irrelevance.
After four weeks of global Black Lives Matter…
Kevin P. Gallagher and Richard Kozul-Wright call on international financial institutions to adopt a series of measures to give developing countries the space to fight…
Sam Pryke examines the view that the Covid19 pandemic is further weakening globalisation and finds that this is not the case. In some respects, it is extending it.…
As societies develop plans for revitalizing economies and protecting citizens from further pandemics, Wiley's Samantha Green spoke with a biologist - Marc…
The Kurds of Northern Syria: Governance, Diversity and Conflicts by Harriet Allsopp and Wladimir Van Wilgenburg. London and New York: I.B. Tauris 2019. 264 pp., £75 hardcover 978-…
Alex Nunn and Marc Cowling explore the effects of lockdown on Subjective Well-Being in the UK and draw policy lessons applicable to many countries.
Many countries around the world…
Tom Kirk – GP’s Online Editor and development researcher - shares his worries that the recent announcement to merge the UK’s foreign aid and affairs ministries will make the…
In the wake of COVID-19 and the looming challenges associated with climate change, technocracy will become a more popular form of governance to tackle the issues that arise. But,…
With the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic two key tenets for humanitarian aid that often go together, context analysis and travel, are now in tension. World Vision’s Johan Eldebo…
Nayef Al-Rodhan overviews some of the opportunities and worries about the use of big data to address pandemics.
The COVID19 pandemic has re-energized the interest in Big…
This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures– Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 10 years and…
Over a billion people living in poverty and a $500 million per day loss of income for the poorest people in the world could soon be reality.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to…