Tom Kirk

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

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World Peace (And How We Can Achieve It) by Alex J. Bellamy. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2019. 288 p.p. £20 hardcover 9780198833529 The achievement of world peace has not been…
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat highlights the role individuals can play in enabling bilateral ties with China, whilst warning that they may come at significant cost. China-Indonesia…
Sara Hastings-Simon and Morgan Bazilian explain why the issues surrounding critical mineral security differ from traditional energy security. The required response should avoid…
Why India may not be the top of the list for FDI leaving China and what can be done to make it more attractive.  India’s Competition with Southeast Asian Countries China is…
The global economic crisis triggered by the spread of COVID-19 has sent many of the world’s developing countries into an economic death spiral. At the first signs of panic in…
Agneska Bloch draws parallels between the French Yellow Vests movement and George Floyd protests in the United States, and the different approaches taken by Presidents Macron and…
Caribou Digital and DAI are pleased to share a new report on the issues around the use of information and identification systems in humanitarian and social protection support…
Peter Edward and Andy Sumner argue that to end poverty, we must address the political challenges that come with improving the governance of economic growth. Ending global poverty…
The UK should change its COVID-19 strategy to try to eliminate COVID-19 even without a vaccine rather than simply managing the disease, according to Independent SAGE, a group…
Luis Aguasvivas and Vaclav Masek argue that El Salvador and Brazil’s democracies are falling foul of autocratic agendas, and draw lessons for others keen to avoid…
Cities at War: Global Insecurity and Urban Resistance edited by Mary Kaldor and Saskia Sassen. New York: Columbia University Press, 2020. 264 pp., £74 hardcover 9780231185387, £25…