Tom Kirk

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

Post Archive

22 December 2016
With the recent election of António Guterres as the next United Nations Secretary-General, the focus will soon shift to the next Secretary-General’s reform priorities, with…
22 December 2016
Quality Peace: Peacebuilding, Victory, and World Order by Peter Wallensteen. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. 250 pp, £64 hardcover 978-0-19-021554-5,…
20 December 2016
Often, things that are seen as a problem in society are not: the house where locals and refugees live and work together. In a mixed and energetic district of south Berlin lies a…
16 December 2016
Kristen Hopewell is the author of the third commentary in the Emerging Global Governance (EGG) series. It argues that export credit is proving to be a useful lens on both the…
15 December 2016
Since democracy is a form of dependency on the will of others, we need to work a lot harder to overcome our narcissism and belief that we know best. Donald Trump’s election…
15 December 2016
Aryaman Bhatnagar and Joel Sandhu explore the Islamic State's appeal in parts of South Asia. As the coordinated global offensive against the so-called Islamic State (IS)…
14 December 2016
Dani Rodrik argues that economists’ reluctance to be honest about the costs of trade has lost them much needed credibility. Are economists partly responsible for Donald…
13 December 2016
Development Economist Paul Clist discusses some of the ideas from his new paper (Link to paywalled article version, link to free draft version). Payment by Results (PbR) is a…
12 December 2016
How did we reach a historically unprecedented level of inequality in the United States? A new documentary, Requiem for The American Dream, turns to the ever-insightful Noam…
07 December 2016
The War on Women: And the Brave Ones Who Fight Back by Sue Lloyd-Roberts. London: Simon & Schuster UK 2016. 320 pp, £16.99 hardcover 9781471153907, £8.99 paperback…
06 December 2016
Since the end of the Cold War, the US has been the only true global superpower, with US policymakers intervening freely anywhere around the world where they feel there are vital…
01 December 2016
Antoine Martin examines Trump's plan to 'make China great again'. While trade policy and rule-making over the past years has largely been about an influence contest…
29 November 2016
What does justice demand of individuals in an unjust society? Chris Marshall considers the personal implications of distributive justice. The distribution of wealth and…