Tom is GP's Online Editor and researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Tom Kirk argues that INGOs should be objects of study as much as the outcomes of their programmes.
I have long argued that a ‘public authorities’ lens can inform the way we think…
Stuart Mills tempers expectations and fears around the new AI driven tool.
ChatGPT is a remarkable technological development, capable of writing compelling prose that comes across…
Shafiq Ahmad Kamboh and Muhammad Ittefaq have shed light on the announcement of the proposed loss and damage fund, arguing it a monumental achievement for climate activists and…
Davina Cooper explores an increasingly common practice in private, pubic and professional spaces.
Pronoun sharing has become an increasingly mainstream practice. Today, pronouns…
The University of Johannesburg and the Centre for Public Authority and International Development at the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa at the London School of Economics and…
Nicholas Ross Smith, from the University of Canterbury, argues that in light of the war in Ukraine which has so far elicited a fairly muted response from actors from the Global…
Louise Curran and Jappe Eckhardt argue that the EU is posed to intervene in the private sector at levels not seen for decades, but hurdles remain.
As the key world economies…
KS Roshan Menon argues why, and how, global privacy law must account for ageing and cognitive decline.
Statistics reveal the emergence of a global cognitive decline problem. The…
Social media provides a burgeoning ground to one of the oldest and most damaging forms of propaganda – disinformation designed to disempower women. Deep-rooted stereotypes,…
Influence is typically conceived as a subtle form of power that is indirect, unconscious, or deliberately hidden. Influencers are often off-stage rather than on it, whispering…
Remedying largely unknown rhetorical issues in coverage of the war.
After Russia’s full-scale February 24th invasion of Ukraine, those sympathetic to the defenders began using…
Outrage is rife in Israel following the new ultra-right government’s planned judicial reforms that would shrink Supreme Court’s ability to revoke laws passed in parliament. But…
Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller. New York: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, 2022. 464 pp., $30.00 hardcover 9781982172008…
Humans are naturally afraid of the dark. We sometimes imagine monsters under the bed and walk faster down unlit streets at night. To conquer our fears, we may leave a night light…
Europe has been shifting towards renewable energy sources for electricity generation over the past decade.
Wind and solar energy have been the main drivers of the shift…