Tom Howe

Monash-Warwick Associate and PhD Candidate

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Profile

I am a Monash-Warwick Associate and recipient of the Monash-Warwick Alliance Scholarship, pursuing a joint PhD in International Relations. I hold an MSc in International Relations from the University of Glasgow and an MA (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Edinburgh.

Prior to joining PAIS, I worked as a Research Consultant for EKOS, an economic and social research consultancy based in Glasgow. During my PhD, I have also worked as an Early Career Researcher at UK in a Changing Europe, a leading UK-based think tank.

My analysis has been featured across various platforms, including interviews on Australian radio and television, such as ABC and Sky News, and published commentary in outlets such as Australian Outlook and The Conversation.

Research

My PhD project examines the political and strategic drivers of the UK-Australia relationship, asking what it meant for a country on the other side of the world to become such a palpable presence in British politics during the 2010s and 2020s. I situate their relationship within the framework of Anglospheric geopolitics, understanding the Anglosphere as both an explicit political project developed by sections of the pro-Brexit right at the beginning of the 21st century and an emergent geopolitical actor, produced by structures such as the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing arrangement and AUKUS.

Teaching

2023/2024

• PO131 World Politics – University of Warwick
• ATS1056 Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific – Monash University

Publications

• Browning, C.S. and Howe, T. (2025). The crown in crisis? Britain’s Royal Ontological (In) Security in the Post-Brexit Age. Politics, online first. Doi:10.1177/02633957251357800. (Q1 Journal).
• Book Chapter Wellings, B. and Howe, T. (2025). A Certain Idea of Britain: The Liberal Party of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the Anglosphere. In Routledge Handbook on the Liberal Party of Australia, edited by Matteo Bonotti, Zareh Ghazarian, and Marija Taflaga. Routledge. (Forthcoming).

• Browning, C.S. and Howe, T. (2024). ‘Nobody does it better’? Nation Branding, Vicarious Identity, and the British Royal Family. Presented at the British International Studies Association Conference, Birmingham, UK, 5th June 2024. (Presented by Co-author).

• Howe, T. (2025). Think Tanks and the Territorialisation of the Indo-Pacific in British Politics. The Australian Political Studies Association Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 25th November 2025.

• Howe, T. (2025). The Return of the Repressed: Anglospheric Geopolitics in Britain’s Indo-Pacific Tilt. Presented at the Oceanic International Studies Conference, Sydney, Australia, 10th July 2025.

• Howe, T. (2023). Explaining Brexit’s Shortcomings: Success, Anxiety, and Evolving Fantasies. Presented at the British International Studies Association Conference, Glasgow, UK, 23rd June 2023.

• Howe, T. and Wellings, B. (2025). Australianising Britain: The Conservative Party’s Idea of Australia. The Australian Political Studies Association Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 25th November 2025