Prof. Dr. Brendan Howe

Present Position:

Sept. 2001 – Present: Tenured Professor of International Relations, Graduate School of International Relations, Ewha Womans University, Seoul.

Formerly Chair, Graduate School of International Studies.

Formerly Associate Director, Institute for Development and Human Security.

Series Editor for Palgrave Macmillan, Security, Development and Human Rights

Executive Editor, Ewha International Studies textbook series.

Editor, International Studies Review; Co-Editor Asia Pacific Social Science Review; Editorial Board Member Journal of International Peacekeeping.

Chair Curriculum Committee and Recruitment Committee.

Member of Awards, Internationalization, and Admissions Committees.

Qualifications:

2004 Ph.D. in Political Science from University of Dublin, Trinity College.

(Thesis Title: Comparative Military Interventions: The Question of Legitimacy).

2003 Certified Negotiation Facilitator CMG, Harvard Negotiation Project.

1995 Certificate of Teaching English as a Foreign Language.

1995 RSA Level II National Vocational Qualification in Information Technology.

1994 MA in International Conflict Analysis from University of Kent at Canterbury. (Thesis Title: Geopolitics, Geopolitik, and Nazi Foreign Policy).

1994 American Graduate Record Examination (top two percentile).

1992 Professional Selling Skills (PSS) certificate (Addison Wesley, Amsterdam).

1990 BA Hons/MA in Modern History from Oxford University.

1985-7 ‘A’ Level: Law, Politics, History, English, and Maths; ‘A/O’ Maths; ‘O’ Level: History, English Lang, English Lit, Maths, French, German, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.

Professional and Community Service:

Honorary Envoy for Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Advisor, Ministry of Unification, Central Officials Training Institute, and Korean Institute of Public Administration.
September 2009 - present President Korean International Studies Association.
November 2007 – present elected to the Board of Directors of the Asian Political and International Studies Association (APISA).
Advisor and training facilitator for Humanity International [Nagaland/India].
Training facilitator for National League for Democracy and Myanmar Egress [Burma] – workshops on negotiation, conflict resolution, human security and development.
Faculty Advisor, Ewha University Debating Team.

Previous Academic Employers:

Feb. – July 2008: Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney
Visiting Research Fellow.

Sept. 2007 – Feb. 2008: Research Institute for National Security Affairs, Korea National Defence University Visiting Research Fellow.

Jan. 2003 – Feb. 2003: East-West Center, Hawaii
POSCO Research Fellow in Politics, Governance and Security.

Sept. 1997 – Aug. 2001: Trinity College, Dublin
IR, EU, and UK Politics; Student Advisor for Holy Cross; Invigilator for exams.

Aug. 1998 – June 1999: Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
Visiting Research Scholar. Research assistant in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics.

Sept. 1995 – Sept. 1997: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Senior Lecturer on International Relations Programme.

July 1994 – Oct. 1994: Tutorial Center, Merced College, Merced Ca.
Taught English, History and Political Science on undergraduate service program.

Sept. 1993 – Jun. 1994: Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, P.R.C.
Visiting Professor of History and International Relations.

Sept. 1990 – Sept. 1992: Addison Wesley Publishers Ltd., Wokingham, Berks. (UK)

Awards and Funding:

July 2014 - Aug. 2015 Research Leave (sabbatical) from Ewha Womans University.

July 2014 – July 2015 Research Fellowship at the Freie Universität Berlin.

May 2011 Department of University Industry Collaboration Research Award ($1,500).

Nov. 2010 International Mobility Fund/Asia New Zealand Foundation ($5,000).

July – Aug. 2010 Distinguished Visiting Scholar De La Salle University, Manila.

May 2010 National Research Foundation of Korea Award for Publishing Excellence ($8,000).

Oct. 2009 - 2012 Korea Research Foundation Grant Asian Human Security ($48,000).

July 2009 – Sep. 2013 World Class University Grant with E.M. Kim Human Security and ODA Effectiveness Ministry of Education, Science and Technology ($2,500,000).

Oct. 2008 Ewha Research Grant ($10,000).

July 2008 Korea.net (Official site of the Republic of Korea) Essay Competition Winner.

Feb. – July 2008 University of Sydney Research Fellowship ($30,000).

March 2008 Ministry of Education/APISA funding for international conference ($30,000).

Nov. 2007 Ewha Research Grant ($6,000).

Nov. 2007 Ministry of Education Grant for Curriculum Development ($3,000).

Sept. 2007 - Aug. 2008 Research Leave (sabbatical) from Ewha Womans University.

Aug. 2007 – Jan. 2008 Research Fellowship at Research Institute for National Security.

Aug. 2007 Research Laureate Asia-Africa-Latin America Collaborative Forum ($3,000).

Feb. 2004 Gerald Segal Research Fellowship Appeal Prize Essay IISS ($2,000).

Jan. – Feb. 2003 POSCO Visiting Fellowship at East-West Center, Hawaii ($9,000).

Apr. – Nov. 2002 Ewha Intramural Research Grant ($6,000).

Jan. 2002 Journal of Postgraduate Research Award (best paper submitted).

Jan. 2001 Shortlisted for the Graham Turnbull Essay Competition grand prize by the International Human Rights Committee of the Law Society of England and Wales.

June 2001 Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights (workshop bursary $1,000).

Sept. 2000 Government of Ireland Scholarship (fees, $12,000 stipend and $3,000 travel).

Sept. 1998 – Aug. 2000 Ussher Fellowship (fees, c. $10,000 stipend).

Aug. 1998 – June 1999 Georgetown Scholarship (fees, health cover, $12,000 stipend).

Aug. 1998 – June 1999 J.F. Kennedy Award ($5,000 for overseas research).

Sept. 1997 – Aug. 1998 Trinity Departmental Studentship (fees).

Reviewer:

International Security; Asian Survey; Pacific Review; Asian Studies Review; Journal of Peace Research; Global Society: Journal of Interdisciplinary IR; North Korean Review; Journal of Contemporary Politics; Korean Journal of Security Affairs; Korean Social Science Journal; International History Review.

Research and Teaching:

Research on Human Security; Humanitarian Intervention; Decision-Making; Asian Security; Governance; Conflict Transformation; Qualitative Democracy; Peacekeeping, Social Capital.

Courses on Peace and Conflict Analysis; Negotiation; Human Rights; IR of East Asia, Asia-Pacific Security; IR Theory; Geostrategy; International Security; International Organization; Human Security and Development; Global Governance and Human Security.

SSCI/Scopus Journal Articles:

‘The Politics, Challenges, and Future of UN Peacekeeping Contributions from the Asia-Pacific’ (with Boris Kondoch) Journal of International Peacekeeping (JOIP) 18:3-4 (Nov. 2014) 123-131.
Northeast Asian Perspectives on UN Peacekeeping: China, Japan (with Boris Kondoch) Korea JOIP 18:3-4 (Nov. 2014) 133-153.
Thailand’s Participation in UN Peacekeeping Missions: the Reciprocal Transference of Expertise and Norms (with Keokam Kraisoraphong) JOIP 18:3-4 (Nov. 2014) 236-255.
‘Addressing North Korean Security Challenges through Non-State-Centric International Economic Engagement’ (with Jason Park) North Korean Review (Spring, 2014) 39-54.
‘Laos in 2013: macroeconomic Ambitions, Human-centred Shortcomings’ Asian Survey 54:1 (Berkeley, Feb. 2014) 150-155.
‘The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and the Challenges of Japanese Democratic Governance’ (with Jennifer Oh) Korea Observer 44:3 (Seoul, October, 2013) 485-516.

‘Human Security and Development: Divergent Approaches to Burma/Myanmar’ (with Suyoun Jang) Pacific Focus 28:1 (April 2013) 120-143.
‘Laos: Growth, Challenges, Human Insecurity’ Asian Survey 53: 1 (Berkeley Feb. 2013) 150-155.
‘Evolution not Revolution in Japan’s Foreign and Security Policy under the DPJ’ (with Joel Campbell) Asian Perspective 37: 1 (Portland State University, Jan.-Mar. 2013) 99-123.
‘Lessons for Promoting Human Security in North Korea’ Korean Journal of Defense Analysis 24: 4 (Korea Institute of Defense Analysis, December 2012) 483-489.
‘Security Governance Norms and North Korea’ Korean Journal of Defense Analysis 24: 4 (Korea Institute of Defense Analysis, December 2012) 419-432.
‘Governance in the Interests of the Most Vulnerable’ Public Administration and Development 32: 4/5. (Wiley, October 2012) 345-356.
‘Human Security in North Korea’ (with K. Kim) Korea Observer 42: 2 (June, 2011) 281-310.
‘Human Security and Human Development in the Lao PDR: Freedom from Fear and Freedom from Want’ (with Kearrin Sims) Asian Survey 51: 2 (Berkeley, April, 2011) 333-355.
‘Human Security: A Global Responsibility to Protect and Provide’ (with Ian Holliday) Korean Journal of Defense Analysis23: 1 (KIDA, March 2011) 73-92.
‘North Korea’s Insecurity Dilemma’ North Korean Review 6: 10 (Fall 2010) 74-85.
‘Between Normality & Uniqueness: Unwrapping the Enigma of Japanese Security Policy Decision-Making’ Modern Asian Studies 44: 6 (CUP March 2010) 1313-1336.
‘European Analogies for Liberal Peace Northeast Asia’ The Economics of Peace and Security 4: 2 (Economists for Peace & Security July, 2009) 52-60.
‘Canada-EU Turbot War and the Cybernetic Model of Decision-Making’ (with Matthew Kerby) The Round Table 98: 401 (Routledge, Apr. 2009) 161–179.

‘Normative War-Fighting and the New World Order’ Politics and Ethics Review 2: 1 (Edinburgh University, Spring 2006) 38-61.
‘Strategic Implications of the 2004 US North Korean Human Rights Act’ Asian Perspective 30: 1 (Portland State University, Spring 2006) 191-219.
‘Rationality and Intervention in an Anarchic Society’ Korean Journal of Defense Analysis18: 1 (KIDA, Spring 2006) 161-185.
‘Three Futures: Global Geopolynomic Transition and Northeast Asia.’ Modern Asian Studies 39: 4 (Cambridge University Press, Oct. 2005) 769-800.IISS Award Winner.
‘Reengaging the North: War or Peace in Northeast Asia?’ Korean Journal of Defense Analysis15: 2 (KIDA, Fall 2003) 199-221.
‘NATO intervention Yugoslavia’ Irish Studies in International Affairs Vol. 11 (Nov. 2000) 41-54.

Academic Books:

Korea in the World: Promoting Mutual Understanding and Global Partnerships (ed.) Seoul: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November, 2014.
Post-Conflict Development in East Asia (ed.) London: Ashgate, March, 2014.
Nuclear Terrorism on the Korean Peninsula (with Minwoo Yun and Hongje Cho)Seoul: Research Institute for National Security Affairs February, 2014.
The Protection and Promotion of Human Security in East Asia Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan October, 2013.
Northeast Asian Perspectives on the Legality and Legitimacy of the Use of Force (with Boris Kondoch eds.) Boston: Brill, June, 2013.
Participation, the State, and the People: Democratic Voices from South (ed.) Tokyo: United Nations University Press, May, 2010.
Comparative Military Interventions: The Question of Legitimacy (PhD Thesis)Dublin: University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2004.

Textbooks:

International Negotiations: Theory and Practice (with B. Choi) Seoul: Ewha Press, 2007.

Guidebook for Lecturing in English Seoul: Center for Teaching & Learning, 2007.

International Studies Primer (ed.) Seoul: Ewha Womans University Press, 2005.
Introduction to Academic English Writing (H. Willoughby) Seoul: Ewha Press, 2005.

Selected Book Chapters:

‘The Politicization of Humanitarian Assistance’ (with Dong Jin Kim) in The South Korean Development Experience Eun Mee Kim ed. (Palgrave Macmillan 2014) 136-171.
‘East Asian Governance’ in Foreign Policies and Diplomacies in Asia Matthias Maass ed. (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press/ICAS 2014) 53-72.
‘Chapter 1: Introduction’ in Post-Conflict Development in East Asia Brendan M. Howe ed. (London: Ashgate 2014) 3-14.
‘Chapter 2: Security, Post-Conflict Development, and Good Governance’ in Post-Conflict Development in East AsiaBrendan M. Howe ed. (London: Ashgate 2014) 15-32.
- ‘Towards the enhancement of non-traditional security in North Korea’ in Non-Traditional Security Issues in North Korea Kyung-Ae Park ed. (Hawaii University Press 2013) 226-248.

‘Japanese Democracy, Governance, and Human Security’ in Democracy and Community Yasuhiro Nakagami and Yuichi Aiko eds.(Seikei Gakuen 2013) 51-83.

‘Human Security: To Protect and to Provide?’ in Comprehensive Security in the Asia-Pacific Region Hari Singh and Colin Durkop eds. (Seoul: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung 2010) 37-59.
‘Peace Through Trade?’ in The Economics of War and Peace Ben Goldsmith ed. (Bingley: Emerald Press 2010) 169-185
‘Legal Concept of Estoppel Negates Japanese Claims to Dokdo’ in Dokdo Through the Eyes of Foreigners (Seoul: Northeast Asian History Foundation 2009) 32-34.
‘Conflicting Normative Dimensions of Justification: The Gulf War’ in Just War in Comparative Perspective P. Robinson ed. (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003) 200-217.
‘On the Justifiability of Military Intervention’ in Human Rights and Military Intervention: R. Norman & A. Moseley eds. (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002) 170-184.

Selected Recent Conference Papers:

‘Peace and Devt in DPRK and Laos’ 4^th Global International Studies Conference (Frankfurt, August 2014).
‘East Asian Perspectives on Human Security’ Human Security @ 20 (Oxford, June 2014).
‘Governance, rights, and responsibilities in East Asia’ 6^th KISA Congress (HUFS, May 2014).

Keynote Address ‘Human Security and its Development’ UNITAR/CEFAL Conference (Jeju, March 2014).
‘Human Security & Vulnerable Groups Special Lecture (Hankuk University Foreign Studies, March 2014)
‘Qualitative Democracy in Southeast Asia’ Human Security Program Workshop (Taichung Dec. 2013).
‘Traditional and Non-Traditional Security on the Korean Peninsula’ 5^th KISA Congress (KF Nov. 2013)
'The Quality of Democratic Governance in Asia’ 7^th APISA Congress (Ankara, October 2013).
‘Regional Commons and Entitlement Rights’ 3^rd ICIRD (Bangkok, August 2013).
Keynote Address ‘Human Security and Human Trafficking’ at UNITAR/KOICA Workshop (Jeju June 2013)
‘Imperial Legacies in Timor-Leste’ International Studies Association (San Francisco, April 2013).
‘Betrayal of Trust: the Fukushima Disaster’ Korean Election Panel Studies (Seoul, March 2013).
‘International Perspectives on Terrorism’ Supreme Prosecutors Office (Seoul, Dec. 2012).
‘Traditional and Non-Traditional Security Dilemmas’ 4^th KISA Congress (Far East University, Nov. 2012).
‘Human Rights, Development and Governance’ Development Studies Association (London, Nov. 2012).
Keynote Address ‘Human Security and Development’ UNITAR/CEFAL Conference (Jeju, March 2012).
‘Governance, Human Security, & 3/11 Disaster’ Future Democracy & Community (Tokyo, March 2012).
‘East Asian Governance and Regional Consensus’ 5^th APISA Congress (Taichung, Nov. 2011).
‘Insecurity& Underdevelopment in Mindanao’ Development & Human Security (Harvard, Nov. 2011).
‘Strategic Engagement and North Korean Nuclear Weapons’ 3^rd KISA Congress (Yonsei/Seoul, Oct. 2011).
‘Prospects and Solutions for a Denuclearized Korean Peninsula’ KIDA Symposium (Seoul, Oct. 2011).
‘Governance in the Interest of the Most Vulnerable’ IPAID Symposium (Wonju, Oct. 2011).
‘Japanese Policy Prioritization’ DSA/EADI Annual Conference (York, Sept. 2011)
Keynote Address ‘Human & Environmental Security’ CEFAL/UNITAR Conference (Jeju, Sept. 2011).
‘Asian Values, Human Security &Human Development’ HPAIR (Harvard/Seoul, Aug. 2011).
‘Building an East Asian Security Community’ APISA/Japan Foundation Conference (Manila, Aug. 2011).
‘Obstacles to Aid Effectiveness in the Lao PDR’HLF-4International Symposium (Seoul, May 2011).
‘East Asian Democracy Promotion’ PPSA Annual Conference (Bacolod, April 2011).
‘Evolving Multilateral Security Norms’ IPSA-ECPR Congress (Sao Paulo, Feb. 2011).
‘Human Security in North Korea’ SAIS-Chatham House Workshop (London, Dec. 2010).
‘Asian Governance, Human Security, and Development’2^nd KISA Congress (Seoul, Nov 2010).
‘The Impact of Japanese ODA’ Development Studies Association (London, Nov. 2010).
‘Rise of the Human Agenda’ Security Governance and Capacity Building (Hangzhou, Sept 2010)
‘Global Obligations in International Relations’ Global Studies Association (Oxford, Sep. 2010).
‘Japan’s Security Policy under the DPJ’ Japan Foundation Conference (Manila, Aug. 2010).
‘Rethinking Traditional and NTS in DPRK’IFES Conference (Seoul, July 2010).
‘Good Asian Governance?’ EWCA 50^th Anniversary Conference (Hawaii, July 2010).
‘Japanese Strategic Aid’16^th Asian Studies Development Conference (Hawaii, June 2010).
‘Human Security in Lao PDR’5^th Southeast Asian Conference (Vienna, May 2010).
‘Integrative Futures & Challenges East Asia’60^th PSA Annual Conference (Edinburgh, Mar 2010)
‘A Responsibility to Protect & to Provide? Comprehensive Security in Asia (Keio/Tokyo, Nov 2009)
‘The North Korean Insecurity Dilemma’ 4th APISA Congress (Manila, November, 2009).
‘Human Security and Development’ IDHS-Chatham House (London, Oct. 2009)
‘Asian values and the Use of Force’ Korean International Studies Association (Seoul, Oct. 2009)
‘Human rights & non-intervention’ 3^rdAustralasian Conference on War & Peace (Sydney June 2009)
‘20 Year Crisis for Northeast Asia?’ KAS conference Global Financial Crisis & Asia (Da Nang, April 2009)
‘China as Alternative Source of Hegemonic Gravity’ Conference on Hegemony (Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 2009)
‘Korean Crisis Democracy?’ Prospects of Democracy in East Asia (Jakarta, November 2008)
‘Econophoria in East Asia’ 2^ndAustralasian Conference War & Peace (Sydney, July 2008)
‘Japanese Security Policy’ 3^rdOceanic Conference International Studies (Brisbane, July 2008)

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Korean Studies