--- description: Andrew Thompson is a professor of Global and Imperial History at University of Oxford, and the author of the forthcoming book, “Humanitarianism on Trial: How a Global System of Aid, Development and Human Rights emerged from the End of Empire.” title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Andrew Thompson ## Andrew Thompson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Andrew Thompson is a professor of Global and Imperial History at University of Oxford, and the author of the forthcoming book, “Humanitarianism on Trial: How a Global System of Aid, Development and Human Rights emerged from the End of Empire.” ## Andrew Thompson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Feb 26, 2026 ### [Why Global Aid Must Be Reimagined](https://time.com/7381128/global-aid-trump-reform-un-wfp-global-south/) Reforming the broken global aid system feels more urgent and perhaps more attainable than ever befor... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":"summary\_large\_image","\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/andrew-thompson/","name":"Andrew Thompson"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/andrew-thompson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/andrew-thompson/"},"name":"Andrew Thompson","jobTitle":"","description":"Andrew Thompson is a professor of Global and Imperial History at University of Oxford, and the author of the forthcoming book, “Humanitarianism on Trial: How a Global System of Aid, Development and Human Rights emerged from the End of Empire.”","url":"https://time.com/author/andrew-thompson/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```