Tom is GP's Online Editor and researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Global Policy recently reposted two ‘think pieces’ by Steve Fuller (5th September 2018) and Johan Soderberg (7th September 2018) relating to the differences (or not) between…
Jodi Allemeier asks whether the increasing number of networks for cities are filling a critical governance gap and what the future may hold for them?
There are over 200 networks…
Hosted by the International Land Coalition (ILC), the GLF brought together ILC members, activists, local and international NGOs and government agencies from around the world to…
How the rising clout of Russia and China, and regional international organisations, could bring stability to South Asia.
Pakistan’s prime minister Imran Khan called in…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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 “…
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…
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…
At a high-level panel during the Global Land Forum (GLF), delegates discussed how to achieve more equitable and socially just agrarian land reforms. GLF host country Indonesia…
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…
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…