Tom Kirk

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

Post Archive

30 June 2016
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…
29 June 2016
Robert Wade explores what the income distribution among voters in Britain’s recent referendum may mean for those wondering what to do next. Large numbers of those who voted in…
27 June 2016
Cathleen Berger explores how giant data-driven companies are challenging old ideas about power and accountability, and what should be done about it. After 20 years since the rise…
27 June 2016
This year the Global Leadership Initiative at the University of Sheffield have taken a team of policy analysts to the Oslo REDD+ Exchange - a gathering of 500 policy makers,…
24 June 2016
GP’s General Editor David Held on the shifting plates underpinning Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. The referendum was lost some time ago. At its most…
22 June 2016
This year the Global Leadership Initiative at the University of Sheffield have taken a team of policy analysts to the Oslo REDD+ Exchange - a gathering of 500 policy makers,…
22 June 2016
Cyberwar: Law and Ethics for Virtual Conflicts edited by Jens David Ohlin, Kevin Govern and Claire Finkelstein. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. 277 pp, £29.99…
17 June 2016
Global Policy's General Editor Dani Rodrik explores what the 'Globalization Trilemma' means for the UK's impending referendum on leaving the EU. I have not written…
17 June 2016
Martha Molfetas argues that the arctic should be off limits. To drill or not to drill, that is the question. Since this past December when nations around the world decided it…
14 June 2016
Joel Sandhu and Johannes Gabriel introduce the thematic focuses of the 25 young professionals taking part in Global Governance Futures 2027. The oft-invoked “international…
13 June 2016
Martha Molfetas explores the implications of India joining the Paris Agreement. Maybe it was the record hellacious temperature readings in Phalodi, India? Maybe it’s the fact…
09 June 2016
David Held provides three reasons for Britain to remain in Europe’s greatest ever political achievement. Brexit is a dead end for the UK. It’s a cul-de-sac, a…