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• Brendan Howe is an international theorist from the Southwest of England, trained at Oxford University (B.A./M.A. Modern History); the University of Kent at Canterbury (M.A. International Conflict Analysis); and the University of Dublin, Trinity College (Ph.D. Political Science). 
  
  He joined GSIS in 2001 and lectures primarily on international relations, international security, governance, human security, and peacebuilding. Previous posts include Visiting Professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University, and lecturer at University Malaysia Sarawak. His research leave (2014-2015) took him to Freie Universität Berlin, and (2007-2008) Korea National Defense University and the University of Sydney. 
  
  He has published extensively in the fields of governance, human security, Northeast Asian security, foreign policy decision-making, post-conflict development, and humanitarian intervention. Recent publications include, UN Governance in Cambodia and Timor-Leste (with Spropong Peou and Yuji Uesugi, London: Palgrave Macmillan 2020), Regional Cooperation for Peace and Development (ed. London: Routledge 2018) National Security, State-centricity, and Governance in East Asia (ed. London: Palgrave Macmillan 2017); Peacekeeping and the Asia-Pacific (with Boris Kondoch eds. Leiden: Brill 2016); Democratic Governance in Northeast Asia: A Human-Centred Approach to Evaluating Democracy (ed. London: Palgrave Macmillan 2015); Post-Conflict Development in East Asia (ed. London: Ashgate 2014); The Protection and Promotion of Human Security in East Asia (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2013). 
  
  He is President of the Korean International Studies Association (KISA), and President of the Asian Political and International Studies Association (APISA). He is an advisor to the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He is the Chief Editor of the Asian International Studies Review, and a book series editor for Palgrave Macmillan.