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Prof. Dr. Brendan Mark Gregory Howe

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsForeign Policy and International Systems,Asian Studies
Keywordsdemocratization, human security, multilateralism, Asia-Pacific, Peace building

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityHeidelberg
InstitutionRuprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
InstituteInstitut für Politische Wissenschaft

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Aurel CroissantInstitut für Politische Wissenschaft, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2025

Programme(s)

2024Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Howe is an internationally leading scholar in the theory and practice of Asian governance, peacebuilding, and regional security. His research encompasses the intersections of domestic and international governance related to traditional and non-traditional (human) security provision, democratization, post-conflict development, peacebuilding, security-sector reform, human rights, resilience, and capacity-building in Northeast and Southeast Asia. During his stay in Germany, Professor Howe is conducting research on the development of middle powers, militarization in Asia, and contemporary conflict dynamics in the Asia-Pacific region.

Publications (partial selection)

2025Brendan M. Howe: Comprehensive Peacebuilding in Timor-Leste. In: Journal of International Peacekeeping, 28, 2025, 202-229
2025Brendan M. Howe: Democratization and Conflict During and After the Third Wave. In: Democratization, DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2025.2537854, 2025,
2025Brendan M. Howe: Hedging by the Gaya Confederacy. In: East Asian Policy, 16, 2025, 45-58
2025Brendan M. Howe & Suyoun Jang: How State-centric Foci Undermine the Human Security of Stateless Rohingya. In: Asian International Studies Review, 26, 2025, 28-56
2025Brendan M. Howe: Normative Expansion and Reaction in UN Peacekeeping Operations. In: Journal of International Peacekeeping, 28, 2025, 48-80
2025Brendan M. Howe: Varieties of Universalism and Their Discontents. In: European Journal of Development Research, 37, 2025, 363-373
2024Brendan M. Howe: Geopolynomics and Japan: Asia-Pacific Policy Prescription. In: Asia-Pacific Journal, 22, 2024, 194-203
2024Brendan M. Howe: Global Governance, Human Security, and UN Peacekeeping Operations. In: Journal of International Peacekeeping, 27, 2024, 36-62
2024Brendan M. Howe: Response to the 2023 Human Security Policy Forum. In: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 25, 2024, 194-203
2024Brendan M. Howe: Seeking a Fair Definition of East Asian Democracy. In: Global Asia, 19, 2024, 14-21
2023Brendan M. Howe: East Asian Security Cooperation Shortcomings and Opportunities for Second-Tier Actors in the Region. In: Journal of East Asian Affairs, 36, 2023, 39-78
2023Brendan M. Howe: Global Public Governance. In: Journal of International Peacekeeping, 15, 2023, 48-79
2023Brendan M. Howe & Heeseo Lee: Providing Access to Higher Education for Refugees. In: International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 19, 2023, 195-231
2023Brendan M. Howe: The Nature of Lao Security Challenges. In: Asian Affairs: An American Review, 50, 2023, 219-243
2023Brendan M. Howe: The Rise, Fall, and Potential Rise Again of East Asian Middle Powers. In: East Asian Policy, 15, 2023, 116-132
2023Brendan M. Howe: Whose Responsibility? The Protection of Refugees in East Asia. In: Global Responsibility to Protect, 15, 2023, 48-79
2022Brendan M. Howe: Historic and Contemporary Middlepowersim for Harmony and Coexistence in Northeast Asia. In: Asia Pacific Social Science Review, 22, 2022, 48-79
2022Brendan M. Howe: Non-traditional Security Leadership and Cooperation in the Face of Great Power Conflict. In: Asian Journal of Peacebuilding, 10, 2022, 243-270
2021Brendan M. Howe: Challenges to and Opportunities for International Organisation in East Asia. In: Global Society, 35, 2021, 501-521
2021Brendan M. Howe: Multiculturalism: Obligations and Policy Prescription for a (formerly) Homogenous State. In: Asian International Studies Review, 22, 2021, 240-264