Tom Kirk

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

Post Archive

22 February 2018
The end game is clear: Assad, Russia and Iran will emerge victorious. The conflict in Syria has been the most vicious in contemporary history, creating a geo-political hall of…
21 February 2018
Andrew Fanning finds that no country currently meets the basic needs of its citizens at a globally sustainable level. Here he reflects on a further insight from that research…
21 February 2018
Only a handful of European states are currently governed by left-wing governments, and several of the traditionally largest left-wing parties, such as the Socialist Party in…
20 February 2018
Corinna Lathan explores how beyond the global conversations Davos brought home some very personal reflections. Last year when I was in Davos, I received a text from my 11-year-old…
19 February 2018
Imagine a world where every country has not only complied with the Paris climate agreement but has moved away from fossil fuels entirely. How would such a change affect global…
16 February 2018
Too small to influence economics, too bureaucratic to be social movements, banned from politics and removed from the societies they’re trying to change, where do NGOs go next? On…
14 February 2018
The juncture of big and open data informs areas as diverse as artificial intelligence, agriculture, and public health, and promises to transform our ability to tackle global…
13 February 2018
Some years ago, the distinguished economist Richard Baldwin said: “Regional trade liberalisation sweeps the globe like wildfire”. He was right. Preferential trade agreements (PTAs…
13 February 2018
Sonia Corrêa explores 'anti-gender' activism, its origins and implications. In the first week of November, 2017, Judith Butler was viciously attacked in Brazil by a…
12 February 2018
Nauro Campos offers some guidance to those wishing to, and trying to, predict what Brexit may hold. Brexit is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re gonna get. The…
10 February 2018
The World Urban Forum 9 takes place this week bringing together policy-makers, practitioners, private groups and the civil society to discuss the implementation of the New Urban…
09 February 2018
The World Urban Forum 9 takes place this week bringing together policy-makers, practitioners, private groups and the civil society to discuss the implementation of the New Urban…
09 February 2018
The World Urban Forum 9 takes place this week bringing together policy-makers, practitioners, private groups and the civil society to discuss the implementation of the New Urban…