Tom Kirk

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

Post Archive

05 September 2016
International Media Centre – G20 Hangzhou Summit. Earlier this year Britain held a referendum on its EU membership, and voted to leave the European Union, though the…
05 September 2016
Lant Pritchett comments on the ongoing process to choose the Bank’s next president. Last week the World Bank announced the process for choosing the next president of the…
04 September 2016
International Media Centre – G20 Hangzhou Summit. When something becomes a usual feature we tend to refer to it as a ‘staple.’ In common language we speak about…
04 September 2016
International Media Centre – G20 Hangzhou Summit. China’s hosting of the G20 Leaders’ Summit this year signals a new era of Chinese engagement with global…
04 September 2016
International Media Centre – G20 Hangzhou Summit. China hopes to champion cooperation between the private sector and global leaders in boosting economic growth. Nowhere is…
04 September 2016
International Media Centre – G20 Hangzhou Summit. When the GLI group arrived in Hangzhou, we were expecting quite an experience, though little could prepare us for the…
04 September 2016
International Media Centre — G20 Hangzhou Summit. From 4 to 5 September, the Group of 20 (G20) leaders will gather in the Chinese city of Hangzhou to discuss the…
03 September 2016
International Media Centre — G20 Hangzhou Summit. As thousands of journalists, policy makers, diplomats and politicians descend on the former Southern Song Dynasty capital…
03 September 2016
International Media Centre – G20 Hangzhou Summit. With G20 activities fully underway in Hangzhou, China, thoughts have turned to how the high-level political decisions made…
03 September 2016
International Media Centre — G20 Hangzhou Summit. In the run-up to the G20 Leaders Summit, China has upped its game to present itself as ready and willing to show leadership…
03 September 2016
International Media Centre – G20 Hangzhou Summit. This year’s G20 summit pays special attention to sustainable development, bringing into question how ‘…
03 September 2016
International Media Centre — G20 Hangzhou Summit. Unusually clear skies cover the city of Hangzhou, where China will host the G20 Leaders Summit from 4 to 5 September. The…
03 September 2016
How to Host a Summit – or Not International Media Centre — G20 Hangzhou Summit. Hosting an international summit on the scale of the G20 is no easy task. First and…
02 September 2016
Social scientists and policy-makes have long built their models around a theory of 'rational action' which bears little relation to how people respond to the complexities…
02 September 2016
The Politics of Inclusive Development: Policy, State Capacity, and Coalition Building. Teichman. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. 2016. The Politics of Inclusive…