Tom Kirk

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

Post Archive

18 March 2024
Pooja Ramamurthi argue that partnerships with bridging powers are increasingly vital to unpicking North-South gridlocks and effective climate cooperation. The latest report…
15 March 2024
Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert explores the pitfalls and potentials of the use of AI to provide windows into humanitarian crises and human rights abuses. AI-generated images have…
12 March 2024
Daniel Clausen with some useful tips and techniques for those seeking to refine their art. As scholars, thinkers, students, and citizens, we are all craftspeople in the fine art…
11 March 2024
Understanding Territorial Withdrawal: Israeli Occupations and Exits by Rob Geist Pinfold. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. 344 pp., £54 hardcover 9780197658857…
07 March 2024
South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice belies its recent history of ignoring international law, writes Imogen Saunders. But the case could have…
04 March 2024
Duncan Green on whether the UK will seek to regain its lost legitimacy for thought leadership on aid. So, apologies for the anglo-centrism and all that, but the recent series of…
29 February 2024
Briony Hannell explores the positive influence of the microblogging platform. Like so many millennials, my teenage years on the multimedia microblogging platform, Tumblr…
28 February 2024
Robert H. Wade on why repeated predictions of the end of the dollars hegemony are probably, once again, too soon. The air rebounds with claims of “the end of dollar hegemony…
22 February 2024
Sander van der Linden, Lee McIntyre and Stephan Lewandowsky argue that people can be inoculated against the effects of disinformation.  With over half the world’s…
21 February 2024
Ubuntu is based on a simple yet radical premise, that there are no primary differences between people. If we take that message into our politics and legal systems we can address…
20 February 2024
Jess Crombie explores data from new research into the humanitarian and development sector's enduring problem. The term Poverty Porn (coined in 1985); the widely criticised (though…
14 February 2024
Kristian Alexander draws inspiration from youth activists around the world for those looking to advocate in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). MENA youth part of global…
13 February 2024
One of the best things about the course I give on ‘Influencing for Senior Leaders: Analysis, Strategy, and Practice’, with Global Policy's Tom Kirk, is the anecdotes…
12 February 2024
Shafiq Ahmad Kamboh and Muhammad Ittefaq discuss climate activism in the Global South, highlighting the need for advocating eco-friendly agri-livestock practices and cleaner…