Edward regularly presents his research to academic and wider audiences. Please contact Edward if you would like him to speak about his research.
BOOK
North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order: When Bad Behaviour Pays (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023).
ACADEMIC JOURNALS
‘Securitization during Crises: the Korean Peninsula and the East Asian regional order’, Korea Europe Review, (2023), 5, 1-18
‘The Juche H-Bomb? North Korea, nuclear weapons, and regime-survival’ International Affairs (2020), 96(4), 1051-1068
Book Review: ‘Becoming Kim Jong Un: a former CIA officer's insights into North Korea's enigmatic young dictator’ International Affairs, (2021), 97(1), 254-256
SELECTED MEDIA publications
DOCUMENTARY
Future Wars: Could there be another Korean War? Sky News, 24 November 2023
International Relations and Foreign Policy
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
The unholy alliance between Kim Jong-un and Putin The Spectator, 5 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
North Korea’s nuclear ambitions are growing faster than ever The Spectator, 4 November 2022
Why did North Korea fire a missile over Japan? The Spectator, 4 October 2022
As NATO eyes Asia, where does the China-North Korea relationship stand? NKPro, 28 July 2022
The UN is powerless to control rogue states UnHerd, 16 June 2022
North Korea is in the midst of a Covid catastrophe The Spectator, 16 May 2022
How North Korea’s crypto hackers are funding Kim’s missile habit The Spectator, 26 April 2022
How North Korea Views the Ukraine Crisis The Diplomat, 14 March 2022
South Korea’s next president faces formidable inertia on North Korea NKPro, 2 March 2022
Small state, grand strategy: North Korea’s policy plans for 2022 and beyond NKPro, 21 January 2022
Can Kim Jong-un survive for another ten years? The Spectator, 19 December 2021
Juche H-bomb: North Korea’s efforts to tie self-reliance to its nuclear weapons NK Pro, 30 November 2021
North Korea’s cryptic crisis The Spectator, 11 July 2021
Biden must learn from Trump’s mistakes on North Korea The Spectator, 4 March 2021
Does Kim Jong-un want the ‘dotard’ or the ‘snob’ to win? The Spectator, 31 October 2020
DPRK-US dialogue: where things stand NK Pro, 17 August 2018
Tensions from Korea spread to London's Koreatown The Economist, 9 August 2018
How Kim Jong-un is schooling Trump in the art of the phantom deal South China Morning Post, 8 July 2018
Inter-Korean economic cooperation: more myth than reality? NK Pro, 3 July 2018
Mr. Moon goes to Washington: why the South Korean President held talks with Trump NK Pro, 24 May 2018
Why definitions will be crucial for North-South talks The Interpreter: The Lowy Institute, 19 April 2018
Should We Believe North Korea Is Willing To Denuclearize? The Diplomat, 7 March 2018
Where Do North Koreans Fit Into the West's North Korea Policy? The Diplomat, 22 March 2017
Edward is also a Contributing Writer for The Economist Intelligence Unit, specialising on North and South Korea.
SELECTED conference papers and presentations
The Oxford Union Inside North Korea Panel - 12 June 2023.
International Studies Association Annual Conference 2022 Social distancing in international relations: the case of North Korea - March 2022, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Emerging Leaders Fellow Conference, Ministry of Unification, Republic of Korea Whither cooperation? North Korea and international society - 15 June 2021
International Studies Association Annual Conference 2021 North Korea, status, and nuclear weapons - 6-9 April 2021
Emerging Leaders Fellow Conference, Ministry of Unification, Republic of Korea - 26 November 2020
Oxford University Strategic Studies Group The Kim-Trump Summit: What's at Stake for East Asia & The World? (panelist) - 8 May 2018, Oxford University, UK