Thomas Hale

Thomas Hale is Associate Professor of Public Policy (Global Public Policy) at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.

Beyond gridlock in world politics

Deepening interdependence, due in part to the success of the postwar order, has contributed to an anti-global backlash across the world. Beyond Gridlock, (Polity Press, 2017) seeks pathways of change through the gridlock.

By David Held and Thomas Hale

/ 13 Oct 2017

Is the WTO deal good news for multilateralism?

Resolving gridlock involves the search for a new kind of politics that builds on the many and various partial solutions to global challenges that can be found today. The only alternative is collective drift.

By David Held, Kevin Young and Thomas Hale

/ 18 Dec 2013

Gridlock: the growing breakdown of global cooperation

Economic and political shifts in large part attributable to the successes of the post-war multilateral order are now amongst the factors grinding that system into gridlock.

By David Held, Kevin Young and Thomas Hale

/ 24 May 2013