Tom is GP's Online Editor and researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Duncan Green explores how systems thinking means activists should be rethinking their roles and applying them to the way NGOs (and others) do research.
If you stick around in your…
In this exclusive interview for Global Policy Journal, Graciela Chichilnisky discusses the impact of climate change on the global economy and sketches out a vision of alternative…
Brett Heasman reflects on the psychological impact of the EU referendum.
Whether you voted to remain or leave, the EU referendum has unquestionably altered our cultural landscape…
The European Union (EU) had been lurching from one crisis to the next even before a majority of British voters expressed their desire to leave it. While staying away from the…
Gbenga Oduntan explores the difficulties faced by the Turkish plotters.
The military coup attempted in Turkey has failed and its leaders have fled to Greece, where they are…
The ILO oversees the global protection of workers’ rights. It should consider instigating and/or supporting litigation in courts to serve that purpose. A contribution to…
What impact will Brexit have on the rest of the European Union in the coming years and decades? Antonio Lettieri writes that while some commentators have portrayed the result as a…
Behavioural Scientists at the LSE explore what do we mean by, and what should we be measuring, when we talk about ‘happiness’.
Your question sounds very pertinent,…
Brexit is prompting a lot of discussion within the UK’s aid community right now. But while the focus is understandably on EC funding and exchange rates, there’s a…
Mobile polling could revolutionize how civil society and human rights groups operate—if it’s done right. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on public…
Kerry Brown unpicks why China may be looking at Brexit with some trepidation over its own domestic fractures.
Ancient Chinese wisdom is something beloved by Chinese leaders…
Decisions to go to war don’t just analyze whether we can win. That is the easy part: the superiority of the western military machine makes this an absolute.
Did we really…
The economy features prominently in the public debate, even though the jargon and decision-making behind it is completely inaccessible to much of the public. As a result, and to…
Britain’s referendum on the European Union resulted in a decision to leave. For some, the vote represents one episode in a worrying global disillusionment with globalisation,…
It is a mistake to assume that the Brexit decision results from a democratic process. The only way to overcome the polarisation and division is through a genuinely democratic…