Edward regularly presents his research to academic and wider audiences. Please contact Edward if you would like him to speak about his research.
BOOks
A New Axis of Upheaval: North Korea, Russia, China, Iran (London: Hurst, forthcoming 2026)
North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order: When Bad Behaviour Pays (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023).
ACADEMIC RESEARCH PAPERS
Allying Against Adversaries: US-South Korea Cooperation amid Heightened North Korea-Russia Ties, Korea Policy, 3(2), 2025, 61-80.
How South Korea can balance its US commitments with global engagement,Chatham House Research Paper, December 2025
North Korea and Russia’s dangerous partnership, Chatham House Research Paper, December 2024
Securitization during Crises: the Korean Peninsula and the East Asian regional order, Korea Europe Review, (2023), 5, 2023, 1-18
Book Review: ‘Becoming Kim Jong Un: a former CIA officer's insights into North Korea's enigmatic young dictator’ International Affairs, 97(1), 2021, 254-256
The Juche H-Bomb? North Korea, nuclear weapons, and regime-survival International Affairs, 96(4), 2020, 1051-1068
SELECTED MEDIA publications
DOCUMENTARY
Is Kim Jong Un’s daughter likely to be his successor? Sky News, 13 February 2026
Future Wars: Could there be another Korean War? Sky News, 24 November 2023
International Relations and Foreign Policy
Never has North Korea felt more smug about its nuclear weapons, The Spectator, 8 March 2026
The tragedy of middle power politics, Engelsberg Ideas, 16 February 2026
Whilst Not a Strategic Alliance, the CRINK Axis Remains a Big Deal, Center for Strategic & International Studies, 24 November 2025
The CRINKS’ quest for the bomb, Engelsberg Ideas, 26 June 2025
South Korea’s president has shocked the world The Telegraph, 3 December 2024
Why Kim Jong-un keeps crying The Spectator, 9 December 2023
Putin’s desperate need for artillery shells is driving him into a Faustian pact with North Korea The Telegraph, 12 September 2023
Is Kim Jong Un’s daughter being lined up to lead? The Spectator, 12 February 2023
Strengthening British-South Korean Relations, Council on Geostrategy, 11 January 2023
The UN is powerless to control rogue states UnHerd, 16 June 2022
Juche H-bomb: North Korea’s efforts to tie self-reliance to its nuclear weapons NK Pro, 30 November 2021
Does Kim Jong-un want the ‘dotard’ or the ‘snob’ to win? The Spectator, 31 October 2020
Tensions from Korea spread to London's Koreatown The Economist, 9 August 2018
Edward is also a Contributing Writer for The Economist Intelligence Unit, specialising on North and South Korea.
SELECTED TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS
Edward regularly offers talks and presentations on his research, both individually and as part of panel discussions. Recent venues have included:
The Oxford Union
Korea Economic Institute of America (Washington, DC, USA)
Istituto Affari Internazionali (Rome, Italy)
Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo (Japan)
Sejong Institute (Seoul, South Korea)