EDWARD HOWELL
MA MPhil DPhil (Oxon.)
Edward is a Lecturer in International Relations at University of Oxford. He is also a Marshall Research Fellow at the Pharos Foundation, and a Fellow (Non-Resident) at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul, South Korea. His research interests concern the international relations of East Asia, the politics and international relations of the Korean Peninsula, and North Korea’s nuclear programme and foreign policy. His forthcoming book, A New Axis of Upheaval: North Korea, Russia, China, Iran, will be published later in 2026. His most recent book, North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order: When Bad Behaviour Pays, was published by Oxford University Press in 2023.
At the University of Oxford, Edward teaches Politics and International Relations as part of undergraduate degrees in History & Politics, and Philosophy, Politics, & Economics, as well as postgraduates reading for the M.Phil. degree in International Relations.
Edward has previously served as the Korea Foundation Fellow at Chatham House, London; an Emerging Leaders Fellow of the Ministry of Unification of South Korea; a Korea Foundation-Next Generation Policy Fellow at Chatham House, London; and a Contributing Writer at The Economist Intelligence Unit. He offers extensive analysis on East Asia and North and South Korea for national and international media, including BBC World News, Sky News, The Economist, The Spectator, UnHerd, ITV News, NBC, and The Telegraph.
Graduating with a prizewinning double First Class degree in Geography, from Brasenose College, Oxford—where he was an academic and organ scholar—Edward achieved a Distinction in his M.Phil. in International Relations from the University of Oxford, for which he was awarded the Deirdre and Paul Malone Prize. Edward’s D.Phil. research in International Relations, also at the University of Oxford, was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and concerned North Korea’s nuclear behaviour. In addition to his academic and media work, Edward is an organist and choral conductor.
Edward is an experienced speaker and analyst: if you wish to have him speak at an event, please do contact him. He would be delighted to hear from you.
