Tom Kirk

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

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Banksy’s prank on the art market rhymes with our common struggle against financialization’s shredding of society. Banksy’s latest art prank, in which one of his iconic works…
Stefan Dercon of the Blavatnik School of Government introduces two new reports. This post first appeared on From Poverty to Power. Am I alone? Was I the only one who could…
On the day that the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that we only have 12 years left in which to prevent climate catastrophe, an American climate…
To date, labor clauses in trade agreements have remained a fig leaf, neither raising labor standards abroad nor protecting them at home. Real change would require a significantly…
Iosif Kovras on Iceland's robust response to the last financial crisis.  It has been ten years since the global recession hit – and the perfect opportunity to rethink…
Jakob Vestergaard examines the future of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the euro's resilience. The season for speculation about the future leadership of…
Jodi Allemeier asks whether the increasing number of networks for cities are filling a critical governance gap and what the future may hold for them? There are over 200 networks…
How the rising clout of Russia and China, and regional international organisations, could bring stability to South Asia. Pakistan’s prime minister Imran Khan called in…
Book Review – War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence by Ronan Farrow. New York: W.W. Norton & Company 2018. 432 pp., £14.50 hardcover…
Seth Schindler argues that countries embracing the Belt and Road Initiative may soon be forced to choose between the U.S. and China. Relations between the U.S. and China continue…
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the largest international framework set to achieve a better and more sustainable future. The 17 goals cover a broad range of areas,…
Hanging along the corridors are the portraits of the fallen land and environmental warriors who continued to fight bravely despite the serious threats and repercussions that…