Edward Howell

Does Kim Jong-un want the ‘dotard’ or the ‘snob’ to win?

Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un (Getty images)
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Edward Howell
Edward Howell is a politics lecturer at Oxford. He was involved in launching the BBC World Service in North Korea.

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