Drawing on interviews and documentary evidence, Edward Howell provides a sober and sobering account of the cumulative failures of international diplomacy to prevent North Korea from developing nuclear weapons. He shows that not only has North Korea's delinquency benefitted its illicit weapons programmes but that, through the regime-state's pursuit of status, it also threatens to undermine the established principles of global nuclear order. I recommend North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order as a clear introduction for anyone new to the subject matter, and as a source of new insight for those for whom these issues are already painfully familiar.
Edward Howell is a lecturer in Politics at New College, University of Oxford. His research concerns the international relations of East Asia, with a focus on the Korean Peninsula. He has been a contributing writer for the Economist Intelligence Unit, a Korea Foundation-Next Generation Policy Fellow at Chatham House, London, and an Emerging Leaders Fellow of the Ministry of Unification of the Republic of Korea. Edward also offers extensive media analysis on the international relations of East Asia, including for The Spectator, the Daily Telegraph, and BBC World News.
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