Curriculum Vitae

Stein Tnnesson
Research Professor, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Private address:
Jacob Aalls gt. 13
N-0368 Oslo
Tel. +47 48101292 (cell); +1 202 429 4744 (office); +1 202 413 2812 (cell)
e-mail: stein@prio.no
personal website: www.cliostein.com

Education
1991
1982

Dr. philos., History, University of Oslo

Cand. philol. with French (University of rhus) and History (University of Oslo).

Work experience
2010-2011
Senior Fellow, United
States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C.
2009Research Professor, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
2009
Guest researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
2001-2009
Director, Peace Research
Institute Oslo (PRIO)
1997-2001
Professor II, Centre for
Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo
1996-2000
Asia Consultant, Statoil,
Stavanger
1995-1998
Senior Fellow, Nordic
Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Copenhagen
1992-1995
Research professor,
Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Copenhagen
1990-1992
Research fellow,
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
1990-1992
Doctoral
scholarship, University of Oslo
1986-1988
Doctoral
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scholarship, NAVF
1983-1985
Employed by the
Norwegian Association of Sports to write a history of Norwegian sports
1983
Amanuensis, teaching history at the University of Oslo
1975-1976
Journalist,
stlendingen Solr-Odal, Kongsvinger
1974
Journalist apprentice, Glmdalen, Kongsvinger
Project management, research administration, board memberships
2011-2016 Leader, East Asian peace program, Department of Peace and Conflict
Research, Uppsala University
2011Member of the Board of Institutt for samfunnsstudier (Institute of Social Resarch),
Oslo
2010Editorial Board Member, Global Asia (Seoul)
2007-2011 Member of the Board of Norfund (Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing
Countries)
2005-2009 Project leader, Peace and Reconciliation in the Eastern Mediterranean, PRIO
2004Member of the advisory board for the International Institute of Asian Studies
(IIAS)/Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) publication series on Piracy
and Robbery in the High Seas
2004Editorial Board Member, Globalisations (Taylor & Francis)
2003-2009 Member of the Board of the Swedish School of Advanced Asia Pacific Studies
(SSAAPS)
2003-2010 Member of the Board of Peace and Conflict Studies (PECOS), University of
Oslo
2003-2009 Member of the Board of CARE Norway
2003-2007 Editorial Board member, Internasjonal politikk
2003-2006 Member of the Board of the Norwegian Network of Social Science Research
Institutes
2001-2002 Member of committee to prepare a new 2-year MA course in peace and conflict
(PECOS), University of Oslo
2000-2001 Member of committee to evaluate applicants for position at the Department of
Classical and Romanic Studies, University of Oslo
1999-2000 Member of PhD dissertation committee for Liselotte Odgaard, political
science, University of rhus
1998-2001 Project leader, Maritime disputes in the South China Sea, Centre for
Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo
1998-2001
Leader of programme
committee in the Research Council of Norway for Globalisation and
Marginalisation: Cross-disciplinary research on development paths in the South
(Utviklingsveier i Sr)
1997-1998
Member of
committee to propose to the Research Council of Norway research strategies
concerning Development paths in the South (Utviklingsveier i Sr)
1993-1998
Member of
programme committee in the Research Council of Norway for State and Society,
Democracy and Political Change in the Third World, and Public Administration in
Developing Countries
1994-1995
Deputy Director, Nordic
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Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Copenhagen

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Publications
Monographs
Vietnam 1946: How the War Began, Berkeley CA: California University Press, 2010.
(Extended footnotes to be found on www.cliostein.com)
H-Diplo Roundtable Review, www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables, Vol. XI, No. 19, 2010 (2
April)
Review Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2010, p. 305.
Book note Journal of Peace Research, Vol 47, No. 6, 2010, p. 814.
The Vietnamese Revolution of 1945: Roosevelt, Ho Chi Minh and de Gaulle in a
World at War, London, SAGE, 1991.
Review Internasjonal Politikk, 1992
Review Far Eastern Economic Review, 1992
Review Journal of Peace Research, 1992
Review Kristeligt Dagblad, 1992
Review le Monde Diplomatque, 1992
Review Nyt fra historien, 1992
Review Pacific Review, 1992
Review Peace and Change, 1992
Review Quan Doi Nhan Dan (Hanoi), 1992
Review Pacific Affairs, 1992.
Review Greg Lockhart, University of New South Wales, 1992
Review Asian Studies (Australia), 1993
Review Polish Quarterly of International Affairs, 1993
Review Socit francaise dhistoire dOutre Mer, 1993
Review Sprawy Miedzynarodowe (Poland), 1993
Review Pacific Historical Review, 2, 1993
Review Journal of Asian Studies, 1993
1946: Le dclenchement de la guerre dIndochine - les vpres tonkinoises du
19 dcembre, Paris, lHarmattan, 1987.
Review Le Canard Enchain, 1986
Review Kpi Blanc, April 1988
Review Politique trangre, 1988
Review Historiske tidsskrift, 4/1988
Review Le Monde Diplomatique, January 1988
Review Norsk Militrt Tidsskrift 1/88
Review American Historical Review, October 1989
Review Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, XXI, 2, 1990
Folkehelse, trim, stjerner 19391986 Vol. 2 of Norsk idretts historie, Oslo, Aschehoug, 1986.
Review Bergens Tidende 24 September 1986
Review Historisk Tidsskrift, 1, 1988
The Outbreak of War in Indochina, 1946, MA thesis published as PRIO-report 3/84:
Chapters, Appendices, Notes and References
Review Journal of Asian Studies, November 1985
Review Politique Etrangre, 4, 1986
Reference in Grosser article, 1986
Comment Le Monde, 9 December 1988
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Textbooks
Et tilbakeblikk p verden fr 1850, Oslo, Aschehoug 1997 (bilag til Spor i Tid, Verden etter
1850).
Spor i tid: Verden etter 1850 (with Tor Egil Frland), world history 1850-95 for Norwegian
secondary schools, Oslo: Aschehoug, 1995 (revised edition 1997).
Edited volumes
Odd Arne Westad, Chen Jian, Stein Tnnesson, Nguyen Vu Tung and James G. Herschberg (eds.),
77 Conversations between Chinese and Foreign Leaders on the Wars in
Indochina, 19641977, Cold War International History Project, Working Paper No. 22,
1998.
Stein Tnnesson, Juhani Koponen, Niels Steensgaard and Thommy Svensson (eds), Between
National Histories and Global History, Helsingfors, Finska Historiska Samfundet, 1997
(Report to the Nordic Conference of Historians in Tampere, August).
Hans Antlv & Stein Tnnesson (eds.), Imperial Policy and Southeast Asian Nationalism
19301957, London: NIAS/Curzon Press, 1995.
Review Bijdragen, 1996.
Stein Tnnesson & Hans Antlv (eds.), Asian Forms of the Nation, London: NIAS/Curzon
Press, 1996.
Review Asian Affairs, 1997
Review South Asia, 1997
Review Nations and Nationalism, 1998
Review Contemporary South Asia, 1998
Stein Tnnesson (red.), Rde skoger: Skogsarbeidere forteller fra klassekampen p
landsbygda, Oslo: PAX, 1976, 240 pp. (Interviews with Norwegian woodcutters about class
struggles in the 1920s and 1930s)
Articles in refereed journals
What Is It that Best Explains the East Asian Peace Since 1979? A Call for a Research Agenda,
Asian Perspective 33(1), 2009: 111-136.
The Class Route to Nationhood: China, Vietnam, Norway, Cyprus and France, Nations and
Nationalism 15(3), 2009: 375-395.
The Case for a Proactive Indian and Chinese Approach to Climate Change and Energy Security,
Strategic Analysis 31(3), 2007: 417445.
The South China Sea in the Age of European Decline, Modern Asian Studies 40(1), 2006: 1
57.
The Imperial Temptation, Security Dialogue 35(3), September 2004: 329343.
Globalising national states, Nations and Nationalism 10(1/2): Special Issue on History and
National Destiny: Ethnosymbolism and its Critics, January/April 2004: 179-194.
Sino-Vietnamese Rapprochement and the South China Sea Irritant, Security Dialogue 34(1),
March 2003: 5570.
Why are the Disputes in the South China Sea So Intractable? A Historical Approach, Asian
Journal of Social Science 30(3), 2002: 570-601.
A Global Civil War? Security Dialogue 33(3), 2002: 389391.
The Paracels: The Other South China Sea Dispute, Asian Perspective, 26(4), 2002: 145-169.
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China and the South China Sea: A Peace Proposal, Security Dialogue 31(3), September 2000:
307-326.
Vietnams Objective in the South China Sea: National or Regional Security?, Contemporary
Southeast Asia, vol. 22, no. 1, April 2000: 199220.
The Longest Wars: Indochina 1945-75, Journal of Peace Research (1)1985: 9-30.
Book chapters
An international history of the dispute in the South China Sea, in Geoff Wade, ed. China and
Southeast Asia, Abingdon: Routledge Library on Southeast Asia, Vol. VI, 2009: 337-362.
Energy Security and Climate Change: The Potential Role of China and India, in Gunnar Fermann,
ed., Political Economy of Energy in Europe: Forces of Fragmentation and
Integration. Berlin: Berliner Wissenschaftsverlag, 2009: 188-220.
Hva er nytt i krig? [Whats New in War?], in Hege Skjeie, Inger Skjelsbk and Torunn L.
Tryggestad, eds, Kjnn, krig, konflikt: jubileumsbok til Helga Hernes [Gender, war,
conflict, anniversary book to Helga Hernes], Oslo: PAX, 2008: 127-137.
Franklin Roosevelt, Trusteeship, and Indochina: A Reassessment, in Mark Atwood Lawrence &
Fred Logevall, eds, The First Vietnam War: Colonial Conflict and Cold War Crisis. Cambridge
MA: HarvardUniversity Press, 2007: 5673.
Le Duan and the Break with China, introduction to a document translated by Christopher E.
Goscha, in Priscilla Roberts, ed. Behind the Bamboo Curtain. China, Vietnam, and
the World beyond Asia, Stanford CA: Stanford University Press, 2006: 453467.
Comment: Strategic Deficits in PeaceBuilding and Conflict Prevention, in Robert Picciotto &
Rachel Weaving, eds, Security and Development: Investing in Peace and
Prosperity. Milton Park: Routledge, 2006: 269276.
Forord [Foreword], in Ole Berthelsen, ed., En frelser, en prest og en satan [A Savior, a
Priest and a Devil]. Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 2005.
Fred mot Terror, in Bjrn Erik Rasch, ed., Islamistisk Terrorisme. Oslo: Abstrakt Forlag (298
318), 2005.
Locating the South China Sea, in Paul H. Kratoska and Remco Raben, eds, Locating
Southeast Asia: Geographies of Knowledge and Politics of Space. Singapore:
SingaporeUniversity Press, 2005: 203-233.
Marine vietnamienne et dfense de lespace maritime [The Vietnamese Navy and the Defence of
Maritime Space], in Christopher E. Goscha & Benot De Trglod, eds, Naissance dun
tat-Parti: Le Vit Nam depuis 1945 [The Birth of a Party-State: Vietnam
since 1945]. Paris : Les Indes Savantes, 2004: 383413.
Globalising national states, in Montserrat Guibernau and John Hutchinson (eds.), History and
National destiny: Ethnosymbolism and its Critics. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004: 179194.
National divisions in Indochinas decolonization, in Prasenjit Duara, ed., Decolonization.
London: Routledge, 2004: 253277.
A Global Civil War?, in Bengt Sundelius, ed., The Consequences of September
11.Stockholm: The Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Conference Papers
30, 2002: 103-111.
Hanois Long Century, in Robert Buzzanco & Marilyn Blatt Young, eds, A Companion to the
Vietnam War. London: Blackwell, 2002: 1-16.
Les pays nordiques et lAsie, in Michel Foucher, Michel Bruneau, Franois Durand-Dasts, Gilles
Lepesant and Philippe Pelettier, Asies nouvelles, Paris, Belin, 2002: 428-431.
French version | English draft
A History of the Dispute, in Timo Kivimki, ed., War or Peace in the South China Sea.
Copenhagen, NIAS Press, 2002: 623.
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The Economic Dimension, in Timo Kivimki, ed., War or Peace in the South China Sea.
Copenhagen, NIAS Press, 2002: 5461.
Vietnam in the Asian Crisis, in Claes Brundenius and John Weeks, eds. Globalization and
Third World Socialism,London: Palgrave, 2001: 168196.
Det Sydkinesiske Hav, historie i Den Store Danske Encyklopdi, vol. 18, Kbenhavn: Danmarks
Nationalleksikon, 2000: 399400.
The Layered State of Vietnam, chapter 11 in Kjeld Erik Brdsgaard and Susan Young, eds, State
Capacity in East Asia: China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Japan,Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2000: 236268.
Vietnam, historie, Store Norske Leksikon, Oslo: Aschehoug and Gyldendal, vol. 15, 1998:
347350.
Foreword, in Erik Paul ed. Australia in south East Asia: Regionalisation and Democracy, NIAS
Report Series no. 37, Copenhagen, NIAS Publishing, 1998.
Tracking Multi-Directional Dominoes, introductory essay to Chen Jian, Nguyen Vu Tung, Stein
Tnnesson, Odd Arne Westad and James G. Hershberg (eds.), 77 Conversations between
Chinese and Foreign Leaders on the Wars in Indochina, 1964-1977, Cold War
International History Project, Working paper No. 22, 1997: 3445.
Nordic World Views, Introduction to Between National Histories and Global History,
Helsingfors, Finska Historiska Samfundet, 1997: 722
pedagogisere verdenshistorie, chapter in Egil Brre Johnsen (ed.), Forbildets forbilder:
Norsk Sakprosa andre bok, Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1996: 219240.
Asia in Theories of Nationalism and National Identity (with Hans Antlv), introductory chapter in
Tnnesson and Antlv (eds.), Asian Forms of the Nation, London: NIAS/Curzon Press, 1996: 1
39.
Problmes de lutilisation des archives des services secrets dans les recherches sur le Vit Nam
pendant la deuxime guerre mondiale, in Philippe Le Failler & Jean Marie Mancini (eds.), Vit
Nam. Sources et approches, Aix-en-Provence, Publications de lUniversit de Provence,
1996: 7785.
La paix impose par la Chine: laccord franco-vietnamien du 6 mars 1946, in Les Guerres
dIndochine de 1945 1975, June 1996.
Vietnam, historia, Nationalencyklopedin, Hgans, Bra Bcker, 1996: 433434.
Min far, en jakobiner? in ystein Rian, Finn Erhard Johannessen, ystein Srensen and Finn
Fuglestad (eds), Revolusjon og resonnement. Festskrift til Kre Tnnesson, Oslo,
Universitetsforlaget, 1995: 293315.
Norge og Stillehavsasia (with Frode Liland and Odd Arne Westad), in T.L. Knutsen, G.M. Srb
and S. Gjerdker (eds.), Norges utenrikspolitikk, Oslo, Cappelen, 1995, pp. 416-438
(second edition 1997: 447469.
Articles about Charles Hoff, Olaf Helset, Idrettsstreiken and Norsk Idrettsforbund in Norsk
krigsleksikon, Oslo: Cappelen, 1995.
Filling the Power Vacuum: 1945 in French Indochina, the Netherlands East Indies and British
Malaya, in Hans Antlv and Stein Tnnesson (eds.), Imperial Policy and Southeast Asian
Nationalism 1930-1957, Copenhagen, NIAS/Curzon Press, 1995: 110143.
Alternative Perspectives on the European Role in the Construction of Southeast Asian
Nationalities, in Ingrid Wessel (ed.), Nationalism and Ethnicity in Asia, Vol. 1, pp. 5-18,
Berlin: LIT Verlag, 1995.
Peace and War: Cooperation and Conflict in 20th Century Indochina, in Arthur H. Westing (ed.),
Transfrontier Reserves for Peace and Nature: A Contribution to Human
Security,Nairobi, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 1993: 6776.
Comment on Charles Tilly: Where do rights come from?, in Lars Mjset (ed.) Contributions to the
Comparative Study of Development, Institute for Social Research, Oslo, 1992.
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Is Norway a European Country?, in Klaus Bohnen, Helmut Mssener und Friedrich Schme
(eds.), Europa, eine Kulturelle Herausforderung fr die Nordischen Lnder,
Kopenhagen/Mnchen 1992: 4359.
Vietnam as a Regional Power: A Study in Failure, in Iver B. Neumann, Regional Great
Powers, London, Macmillan, 1992: 179203.
Non-refereed journal articles
Chinas Changing Role in the South China Sea: Reflections on a Scholars Workshop. Harvard
Asia Quarterly, Vol. XII, No. 3 & 4, Winter 2010, pp. 18-30.
Asia in a Nordic Nutshell, NIAS nytt, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, No. 2 September 2008:
34-35.
Regionale stormakter p verdensscenen, Part I, Hvor hender det? 3, Oslo: NUPI, 4 September
2006, Part II, Hvor hender det? 3, Oslo: NUPI, 18 September 2006.
Regionale stormakters globale rolle. Kina, India, Brasil og Sr-Afrika, Internasjonal politikk
64(1), March 2006: 7594.
Idealister og realister i USAs midtsten-politikk, Babylon 3(1), 2005: 4249.
Comment on Ken Menkhaus Paper: Stategic Deficits in PeaceBuilding and Conflict Prevention,
Conflict, Security & Development 4(3), December 2004: 465472.
Hvorfor mislyktes Norge politisk i sikkerhetsrdet?, internasjonal Politikk 61(2), 2003: 235
239.
Replies from Erik Sagflaat and Ole Peter Kolby.
Studies of Development: No Impasse, But a Long Way to Go (reply to Olle Trnquist), Forum
for Development Studies 29(1), 2002: 121123.
Le Duan and the Break with China, Introduction to a document translated by Christopher E.
Goscha, Cold War International History Bulletin, No. 12/13, 2001: 273278.
Norwegian Research on Development: A Comment on Johan Hellands Article, Forum for
Development Studies, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2001: 1116.
Introduction, in The South China Sea Islands and the Code of Conduct, special issue of Ocean
Development and International Law, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2001: 9395.
Nobels fredspris 2000: Kim Dae Jung, Hvor hender det? Oslo: NUPI, 6 December 2000.
La difficult dutilisation des archives des services secrets : le cas de lIndochine lors de la
Seconde Guerre mondiale. Renseignements & Oprations Spciales, no. 5, juilletaot 2000: 6170.
Can Conflicts Be Solved by Shelving Disputes? A Rejoinder [to Lee Lai To], Security
Dialogue 30 (2), 1999: 179182.
Seip, vi og de andre, Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift 1/1999: 9092.
Fra historien om den tredje verden til n global verdenshistorie, Den Jyske Historiker nr. 81
August 1998: 114130.
Asia-krisens politikk, Internasjonal Politikk 3, 1998: 361392.
Konflikten i Sr-Kinahavet, Hvor Hender Det? 28/29, 1998.
Stat og verdighet i konomisk vekst: Eksemplet Vietnam, Internasjonal Politikk 2, 1997: 253
264.
Utsikt over det 20. rhundre - fra Hanoi, Samtiden 23, 1997: 92110.
Fredsprisen 1996: Konflikten p st-Timor inn i rampelyset, Hvor Hender Det? 1516, 2
December 1996.
La paix impose par la Chine: laccord franco-vietnamien du 6 mars 1946, Cahiers de lInstitut
dhistoire du temps prsent, 1996: 3556.
Please be precise when researching democracy!, NONESA 1, 1995.sten i vest og Vesten i st
[The East in the West and the West in the East], Samtiden 2, 1995: 1015.
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Norden speiler seg: Identitetsdebatten 1986-93, Historisk Tidsskrift (Norwegian) 3, 1993: 360397.
Vietnamese Capitalism and the Final Nationalisation of Ho Chi Minh, NONESA 7, 1992.
Kunsten at oplse et imperium. Ti rd til Gorbatsjov og Jeltsin, Omverden 6,1991
Sammenligning av nordiske nasjonalismer , Den Jyske Historiker 49, 1989: 146159.
Proposals for a Lasting Peace in Indochina, Bulletin of Peace Proposals 20 (3), September
1989: 265280.
Lrdommer fra Gol om edb, Humanistiske Data, 1-2, 1989.
A French Decision for War, French and Vietnamese Decision-Making Before the Outbreak of the
War in Indochina, December 1946, The Vietnam Forum (published at the Yale Center for
International and Area Studies), Summer-Fall 1988: 112135.
Historiker med PC, Humanistiske Data, 2/88
Mellom lek og alvor - norsk idrett 1861-1986, Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift 4, 1986 (together with
Finn Olstad).
Trettirskrigen i Indokina 1945-1975 som emne for historisk forskning (The Thirty-Years War in
Indochina 1945-1975 as Topic for Historical Research), Internasjonal Politikk 1, 1984: 105
119.
Reports and working papers
Hvor gr Kina? Bok-essay i form av rapport til Det kongelige norske utenriksdepartement,
[Where Is China Heading? Review Essay in the Form of a Report to the Royal Norwegian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs], 31 October 2010.
Burma and Its Neighbours: The Geopolitics of Gas, Austral Policy Forum 06-30A 24 August
2006 (with shild Kols).
Energy Security in Asia: China, India, Oil and Peace. Report to the Norwegian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, April 2006 (with shild Kols).
The Good China - and Four Dangers Report to the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
1 June 2005.
Regionale stormakters globale rolle: Kina, India, Brasil og Sr-Afrika, report to the Norwegian
MFA, PRIO, 23 October, 2005.
Regime Stability in the Middle East, PRIO Report 3/2005, PRIO (with Are Hovdenak, ystein
Noreng, & Hilde Henriksen Waage), 2005.
The Norwegian Church Aid in Vietnam , Report from fieldtrip, 11 June 2003.
A Global Civil War CPS Working papers no 4, University of Troms, November 2002.
An International History of the Dispute in the South China Sea, East Asian Institute, Singapore,
Working Paper 71, 2001.
Can China Resolve the Conflict in the South China Sea?, East Asian Institute, Singapore,
Working Paper 39, 2000.
Resolving the South China Sea Conflict, Draft report to Norwegian MFA, 24 August 1999.
Pacific Asia 2015(with Mattias Burell et al), Report submitted to the Swedish International
Development Authority (SIDA), 1996.
The Quest for Balance in a Changing Laos: A Political Analysis,NIAS-Report 25, 1995 (with
Sren Ivarsson and Thommy Svensson).
Democracy in Vietnam? SIDA-report, October, 1993.
Vietnams politiska utveckling 1986-92, Report to SIDA, 29 January 1993.
Reiserapport fra USA (SHAFR), June 1992.
Rapport fra forskningsreise i Vietnam, August-September 1992.
Report from 1991 and Suggestions for 1992, The ISS Peace Research Course, 1991.
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Rapport fra forskningsreise til USA, Australia, Thailand og Vietnam hsten 1989, December
1989.
Book reviews
Anthony Reid, Imperial Alchemy. Nationalism and Political Identity in Southeast Asia. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2010, in Pacific Affairs, forthcoming.
Donati, Caroline, 2009. Lexception syrienne entre modernisation et rsistance [The Syrian
Exception between Modernisation and Resistance]. Paris: La Dcouverte, book note in Journal
of Peace Research Vol. 47, No. 6, 2010, p. 811.
Nordhaus, William, 2008. A Question of Balance: Weighing the Options on Global Warming
Policies. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, book note in Journal of Peace Research Vol.
47, No. 6, 2010, p. 813.
Chaliand, Grard, 2008. Le nouvel art de la guerre [The New Art of War]. Paris: lArchipel, book
note in Journal of Peace Research Vol. 47, No. 5, 2010, p. 662.
ODowd, Edward C., 2007. Chinese Military Strategy in the Third Indochina War: The Last Maoist
War. London: Routledge, book note in Journal of Peace Research Vol. 47, No. 5, 2010, p. 664.
Fravel, M. Taylor, 2008. Strong Borders, Secure Nation: Cooperation and Conflict in Chinas
Territorial Disputes. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, book note in Journal of Peace
Research Vol. 47, No. 5, 2010, p. 662.
Macmillan, Margaret, 2007. Nixon and Mao: The Week that Changed the World. New York:
Random House, book note in Journal of Peace Research,Vol. 47, No. 5, 2010, p. 663.
Smith, Ralph B., 2009. Pre-Communist Indochina. Ed. by Beryl Williams. London: Routledge and
Smith, Ralph B., 2009. Communist Indochina. Ed. by Beryl Williams. London: Routledge, book
note in Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 47, No. 5, 2010, p. 665.
Emmers, Ralf, Geopolitics and Maritime Territorial Disputes in East Asia. London: Routledge,
2010, in Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 111-113.
yvind sterud, Hva er krig? Oslo: U-forlaget, 2010, in Apollon, No. 1, 2010 (posted on the web
12 March): http://www.apollon.uio.no/vis/art/2010_1/artikler/bok_krig. A debate followed, with
Tnnesson providing a lengthy response, posted on 31 May 2010:
http://www.apollon.uio.no/vis/art/2010_2/artikler/fredsforsker_bokdiskusjon
Michael Mandelbaum, The Case for Goliath: How America Acts as the Worlds
Government in the 21st Century.New YorkNY: Public Affairs, 2005, in The
International History Review XXIX(4), December 2007: 930933.
John Redwood, Superpower Struggles: Mighty America, Faltering Europe, Rising
Asia.New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, in The International History Review
XXVIII (3): 684.
Iver Neumann, Norge - en kritikk. Begrepsmakt i Europa-debatten. Oslo: PAX, 2001,
in Internasjonal Politikk 60(2): 367371.
Elisabeth Eide and Rune Ottosen, eds, Krigens retorikk. Medier, myter og konflikter
etter 11. september. Oslo: Cappelen, 2002, in Tredje Verden Magasinet X 5,
November 2002: 16.
Peter Worthing, Occupation and Revolution: China and the Vietnamese August
Revolution of 1945, in The Journal of Asian Studies 61(3), August 2002: 10181020.
Kristina Jnsson, Translating Foreign Ideas into Domestic Practices. Pharmaceutical
Policies in Laos and Vietnam, in Statsvetenskaplig tidsskrift 4 (104), 2001: 390
393.
Jonathan D. Pollack and Chung Min Lee, Preparing for Korean Unification. Scenarios &
Implications, in Journal of Peace Research 39(4), July 2002: 508.
Andrew S. Natsios, The Great North Korean Famine. Famine, Politics, and Foreign
Policy, in Journal of Peace research 39(4), July 2002: 507508.
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Thomas H. Henriksen (ed.), Foreign Policy for America in the Twenty-first Century:
Alternative Perspectives, in Journal of Peace Research 38(6), November 2001: 760.
Michael D. Barr. Lee Kuan Yew: The beliefs behind the Man, in Asian Studies
Review 25(3), September 2001: 395-396.
Bruce McFarland Lockhart, The End of the Vietnamese Monarchy, in Journal of
Southeast Asian Studies 31(1), March 2000.
Erik Hobsbawm, Ekstremismens tidsalder (Norwegian translation of The Age of
Extremes), in Dagbladet8 January 1997.
Torstein Hjellum, Kinesisk politikk, in HIFO-nytt 5, 1996.
Hans Hgerdal, Vst om st. Kinaforskning och kinasyn under 1800 och 1900talen, Lund University Press, 1996, in Historisk Tidsskrift (Norwegian), 1997.
Michael A. Barnhart, Japan and the World Since 1868, in Historisk Tidsskrift
(Norwegian) 3, 1996.
Joseph Smith: The Spanish-American War. Conflict in the Caribbean and the
Pacific, 18951902, in Nyt fra historien 1, 1996.
Anthony Milner, The Invention of Politics in Colonial Malaya: Contesting
Nationalism and the Expansion of the Public Sphere,Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1995, in Nyt fra historien 1, 1996.
J.P. Cross, First In Last Out: An Unconventional British Officer in Indochina, in
Intelligence and National Security 10(3), 1995.
Robert Cribb and Colin Brown: Modern Indonesia. A History since 1945, in Nyt fra
historien 2, 1995.
Colin Mackerras (ed.), Eastern Asia: An Introductory History, in Historisk Tidsskrift
(Norwegian) 1, 1995.
Nicolas Tarling (ed.), The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia, Vol. 2: The
nineteenth and twentieth centuries, in Nyt fra historien 2, 1993.
David P. Chandler, The Tragedy of Cambodian History: Politics, War and Revolution
since 1945, in Nyt fra historien 1, 1993.
Maarten Kuitenbrower, The Netherlands and the Rise of Modern Imperialism:
Colonies and Foreign Policy 18701902, in Nyt fra historien 1, 1993.
Dietrich Geyer (ed.), Die Umwertung der sowjetischen Geschichte, in Nyt fra
historien 1, 1993; and Journal of Peace Research 1, 1993.
Robert J. MacMahon (ed.), Major Problems in the History of the Vietnam War, in
Journal of Peace Research 3, 1992.
Patrice Morlat, La Repression coloniale au Vietnam (1908-1940), in Journal of
Peace Research 3,1992.
Ken Post, Revolution, Socialism and Nationalism in Vietnam (4 vols.), in Journal of
Peace Research 3, 1992.
Ralph B. Smith, An International History of the Vietnam War (3 vols.), in Journal of
Peace Research 3, 1992.
Hanspeter Neuhold & Hans-Joachim Heinemann (eds.), Krise und Krisenmanagement in
den internationalen Beziehungen, in Nyt fra historien 2, 1992.
Herbert K. Tillema, International Armed Conflict Since 1945. A Bibliographical H
andbook of War and Military Interventions, in Journal of Peace Research 10, 1992.
Uri Raanan et. al., State and Nation in Multi-Ethnic Societies. The Breakup of
Multinational States, in Nyt fra historien, 2, 1992, and Journal of Peace Research
3, 1992.
Justin Wintle, The Viet Nam Wars, in Journal of Peace Research 3, 1992.
Justin Wintle, Romancing Vietnam. Inside the Boat Country, in Journal of Peace
Research 2, 1992.
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John Darwin, The End of the British Empire. The Historical Debate, in Journal of
Peace Research 2, 1992.
Raymond F. Betts, France and Decolonisation 19001960, in Nyt fra historien 1, 1992,
and Journal of Peace Research 2, 1992.
Olivier Todd, Cruel April: The Fall of Saigon, in Journal of Peace Research 2, 1992.
Dick Wilson, Chinas Revolutionary War, in Journal of Peace Research 2, 1992.
David Stevenson, The First World War and International Politics, in Journal of Peace
Research 3, 1992.
David L. Anderson, Trapped by Success. The Eisenhower Administration and
Vietnam, 195361, in Nyt fra historien 1, 1992.
Marek Thee, Whatever happened to the Peace Dividend? The Post-Cold War
Armaments Momentum, in Journal of Peace Research, 1991.
Hlne Carrre dEncausse, La gloire des nations ou la fin de lempire sovitique,
Dagbladet 18 June 1991.
Gran Rystad (ed.), The Uprooted: Forced Migration as an International Problem in
the Post-War Era, in Historisk Tidsskrift (Swedish), 1991. Swedish version | English
version
Norsk Idrettshistorisk rbok 1989, in Historisk Tidsskrift (Norwegian) 1, 1991.
Anthony Short, The Origins of the War in Vietnam, in Historisk Tidsskrift (Norwegian)
2, 1990.
Indokina 1930-90: kort omtale av utvalgt litteratur [Short reviews of various books on Indochina
1930-90]
Conference proceedings
Can the Disputes to Islands and Maritime Zones in the South China Sea Be Resolved?, in Tran
Truong Thuy, ed. The South China Sea: Cooperation for Regional Security and Development.
Proceedings of the International Workshop, co-organized by the Diplomatic Academy of
Vietnam and the Vietnam Lawyers Association, 26-27 November 2009, Hanoi, Vietnam. Hanoi:
Nha Xuat Ban The Gioi, 2010, pp. 188-194.
Sources of and Regions of Crisis in South and East Asia. Proceedings of the International
Symposium on Examination of the Regions of Crisis from the Perspectives of Turkey, NATO and
the European Union, and Their Impacts on the Security of Turkey, organised by the Turkish
General Staff, Istanbul 27-28 May 2004.
Historikeres rolle i samfunn, Gudmund Moren (red.) Historikerens rolle i samfunnet.
Rapport fra Norske historiedager 99, Lillehammer: Hgskolen i Lillehammer, research
report 45, 1999: 1922.
Two Scenarios of Conflict Management [in the South China Sea], Knut Snildal (comp.)
Perspectives on the Conflict in the South China Sea, Centre for Development and
the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo, Workshop Proceedings, 1999: 126130.
Popular articles
Fra folkekrig til folkemakt [From Peoples War to People Power], Morgenbladet, 11 February
2011.
Da Hu og Obama ble likemenn [When Hu and Obama Became Equals], Morgenbladet, 28 January
2011.
Obama mot sentrum [Obama Moving Towards the Centre], Morgenbladet, 7 January 2011.
Nr slipper Liu Xiaobo fri? [When Will Liu Xiabo Be Released?], Morgenbladet, 10 December
2010.
Kim Jong-il tr ikke [Kim Jong-il doesnt dare], Morgenbladet, 2 December 2010.
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Ikke for tidlig med Kina-pris [Not Too Early for China Prize], Morgenbladet, 22 October 2010.
Skarp satiriker [Sharp Satire], Morgenbladet, 15 October 2010.
Sre fingre av sensur [Sore Fingers From Censoring], Morgenbladet, 15 October 2010.
Kina bekymrer meg [China Worries Me], Morgenbladet, 8 October 2010.
Farlig kinesisk spill [Risky Chinese Game], Morgenbladet, 1 October 2010.
Langt igjen til gjenforent Korea [Long Before Korea Will Be United], Morgenbladet, 20 August
2010.
Storm over Korea [Storm in Korea], Hvor hender det? no. 2, 2010-2011.
Rdt mot gult i Asia [Red Versus Yellow in Asia], Morgenbladet, 16 July 2010.
Fredsskapende kvinner i Sr-Thailand [Peace Making Women in Southern Thailand],
Morgenbladet, 11 June 2010.
Fredsskapende grenser [Peace Making Borders], Morgenbladet, 6 May 2010.
Stormakter beskylder hverandre for proteksjonisme [Great Powers Accuse Each Other of
Protectionism], Morgenbladet, 26 March 2010.
Luu Doan Huynh (1929-2010), obituary, Vietnam Studies Group, 23 February 2010.
Srst-Asias demokratihp [Southeast Asias Democratic Torchbearer], Morgenbladet, 19
February 2010.
Kina gir lite ved drene [China Does Not Concede Much], Morgenbladet, 22 January 2010.
God tale p feil sted [Good Speech in Wrong Place], Morgenbladet, 24 December 2009.
Peace for Asia, Asia Insights, no. 2, 2009 (December), pp. 9-10.
Kan Kina og USAs skjebnefellesskap ha blitt st tett at det forrykker maktbalansen i st-Asia?
[May the Shared Destiny of China and the USA Disrupt the Power Balance in East Asia?],
Morgenbladet, 20 November 2009.
Generasjonsskifter: 1979 var et vendepunkt. Str vi ved et nytt? [Generational Change. 1979 Was
a Turning Point? Is Another One Coming?], Morgenbladet, 16 October 2009.
Tretti r med fred [Thirty Years with Peace], Kina & Vi, October 2009, pp. 7-10.
Fred tross alt i Ukraina [Peace in Ukraine after all], Morgenbladet, 8-24 September 2009
Iran og Nord-Koreas gode fiende [Irans and North Koreas good enemy], Morgenbladet, 7-13
August 2009.
Beijings pakistanske bekymring [Beijings Pakistani worry], Morgenbladet, 29 May - 5 June
2009.
Kina leter etter sin globale identitet [China is searching for its global identity], Morgenbladet.
24-30 April 2009.
Norske interesser og verdier [Norwegian interests and values], Morgenbladet, 17-23 April
2009.
Vinnere og tapere i krisen [Winners and Losers in the Crisis], Morgenbladet, 13-19 March
2009.
Intet selvmord p PRIO [No suicide at PRIO], Aftenposten, 20 February 2009.
Obama gir hp om stillehavssamarbeid [Obama provides hope for Pacific cooperation],
Morgenbladet, 6 February 2009.
M sikre fri forskning [Necessary to secure open research], Aftenposten, 1 February 2009.
Kinesisk hukommelse og glemsel [Chinese Memory and Forgetfulness], Morgenbladet, 915 January 2009.
Fredsavtale som inspirerer [Inspiring Peace Treaty], Morgenbladet, 21-28 November 2008.
Thailands demokratiske dilemma [Thailands Democratic Dilemma], Morgenbladet, 14-20
November 2008.
Om gjette feil fredspris [On guessing the wrong peaceprice], Morgenbladet, 17 Oktober 2008
PRIO har ikke noe syn p ambassade [PRIO does not have a view on the (Israeli) Embassy],
Aftenposten, 7 Oktober 2008
Hva kan Krimkrigen lre oss [What we can learn from the Crimean War], Morgenbladet, 1219 September 2008.
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India er ikke som Kina [India is not like China], Morgenblandet, 8-14 August 2008
Indisk optimismetross alt [Indian optimismin spite of everything], Morgenbladet, 411
July 2008.
Mindre terror i verden [Less terror in the world], Morgenbladet, 30 May5 June 2008.
Kinas sre fred [Chinas Sore Peace], Morgenbladet, 25 April1 May 2008.
Kypros-lsning i sikte [Cyprus Solution in View], Morgenbladet, 1417 March 2008.
Tragedien George Walker [The Tragedy George Walker], Morgenbladet, 8-14 February.
Fred p jord? [Peace on Earth?], I Care, 1, 2008: 19-21.
Olje gir makt [Oil Makes Power], Morgenbladet, 21 December 20073 January 2008.
Afghanistan kan bli NATOs grav [Afghanistan may become NATOs grave], Morgenbladet, 9
15 November 2007.
Hva er nytt i krig?[Whats New in War?], Morgenbladet, 24-30 August 2007.
Hvem eller hva truer USA?[Who or What Threatens the USA], Morgenbladet, 13-19 July
2007.
Global fredsindeks [Global Peace Index], Morgenbladet, 15-21 June, 2007.
Iran graver sin egen grav [Iran digs its own grave], Morgenbladet, 11-17 May, 2007.
Kinas harmoniske verden [Chinas Harmonic World], Morgenbladet, 30 March5 April, 2007.
Rettferd er ikke alltid rett [Justice is Not Always Right], Morgenbladet, 23 February1 March,
2007.
Hvorfor ikke mer terror mot USA?[Why Not More Terror Against the USA?], Morgenbladet,
1925 January. 2007.
Miljbillioner m bevilges [Environmental Trillions Must Be Allocated], Morgenbladet, 22
December 20064 January 2007.
Energisikkerhetens globalpolitikk [The Global Politics of Energy], Statoil Magazine No. 6,
2006: 5254.
Hva gjr Kina i Midtsten?[What is China doing in the Middle East?], Morgenbladet, 1723
November, 2006.
Farlig hybris [Dangerous Hubris], Morgenbladet, 2228 September, 2006.
Asias maktunderskudd [Asias Power Deficit], Morgenbladet, 14 July, 2006.
Barnesoldater [Child Soldiers], Morgenbladet, 9 June, 2006.
Rikdommen bak hjrnet [Prosperity Around the Corner], Morgenbladet, 5 May 2006.
Fredens kvinner [Women of Peace], Morgenbladet, 24 March, 2006.
Vi som trenger Amerika [We who need America], Morgenbladet, 16 February, 2006.
Kvinner, vann og kornpris [Women, Water and Grain Price], Morgenbladet, 3 February, 2006.
Vietnamfreden [The Vietnam Peace], Morgenbladet, 13 January, 2006.
Splittede samfunn [Divided Societies], Morgenbladet, 2 December, 2005.
Fred og olje [Peace & Oil], Morgenbladet, 28 October, 2005.
En norsk tenker med verdensry [A Norwegian Thinker of World Renown], Aftenposten, 25
June, 2005.
Med Gud til hjelp [With Gods Help], Dagbladet, 18 May, 2005.
Kampen om doktorene [The Battle for the Doctors], Dagbladet, 3 April, 2005.
Statens globalisering [The States Globalisation], Dagbladet, 14 March 2005.
Kina og fascismen, in Dagbladet, 19 July 2004.
Kan FN tyle Blair og Bush?, Dagsavisen, 28 January 2003.
Global borgerkrig Op-ed in Aftenposten 28 June 2002. (Reply from Henrik Thune, NUPI)
Human & Regional Security around the South China Sea, International Institute of Asian Studies,
IIAS Newsletter 24, February 2001: 32.
Heres How to Settle Rocky Disputes in the South China Sea, International Herald Tribune,
6 September 2000; and The Straits Times, 7 September 2000.
stasiatisk geopolitikk og norsk globalpolitikk, del 5 i Sosialdemokrati 2000.
Arbeiderpartiets programdebatt. Bakgrunn internasjonal politikk. Et temahefte
fra Arbeiderbevegelsens utredningssekretariat, February 2000: 2934.
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Det Sydkinesiske Hav: National eller regional sikkerhed? Vietnam Ajour 4 (Dansk
Vietnamesisk Forenings blad), 1999.
Kastevindenes tir,Dagbladet 31 December 1998.
MONTANUS SUM, Internasjonalen 2, 1998 (published at the Institute of History, University
of Oslo).
Fra eurosentrisk til global verdenshistorie, Internasjonalen 1, 1998 (published at the Institute
of History, University of Oslo).
The Meeting that Never Was, NIAS-Nytt,No. 3, 1997, pp. 19-20.
McNamaras Conscience Meets Hanoi, Indochina Interchange, September 1997: 1416.
Norsk globalpolitikk, Dagbladet 28 January 1997.
Er global solidaritet mulig?, Tredje Verden Magasinet X 6, 1996: 4243.
Do Human Rights and Asian Values Go Together?, NIAS-nytt 4, December 1996.
Taiwan i Srstasia, Oslo, Norsk Kinaforum, Nyhetsbrev 2, 1996: 3742.
Skal nordmenn pakke seg hjem? article in Dagbladet about Norway and Indonesia, August
1996.
European southeast-asianists think boldly, but need music as well as undergraduates, interview
with Dr. William H. Frederick, NIASnytt 2, July 1996.
Japans Relations with Other Asian States, in The Foreign Policy of Japan, proceedings from
a Seminar at NUPI, Oslo, 6 September 1994.
Upp til kamp mot civilisationernas kamp!, Sydsvenskan, 21 August 1994.
Er Vietnam p vej mod demokrati?, Vietnam Ajour 2 (published by Dansk-vietnamesisk
forening), 1994: 57.
Orientalism, Occidentalism and Knowing about Others, NIASnytt 2, 1994: 1418.
Applying Mathematics and Democracy, interview with the Vietnamese mathematician Phan Dinh
Dieu, NIASnyt, 2, 1993.
Vietnamese translation.
Comment Far Eastern Economic Review, August 1993.
Comment JPRS, February 1994.
Comment Phan Dinh Dieu (in Vietnamese), in PacAsian History, January 1994.
Vietnams Renovation Policy has been Attracting the Attention of Scandinavian Researchers (in
Vietnamese + English translation), Quan Doi Nhan Dan, 19 September 1992.
Hva er borgerkrig? Arbeiderbladet, 27 March 1992.
Reply from Prof. Kre Lunden.
Nasjonenes glansDagbladet 18 June 1991.
Ubegeistrede franskmennEureka 3, 1991.
A Scandinavian socialist in Vietnam, Vietnam Courier, December 1989.
A Thai-Vietnamese Force, letter to the editor, International Herald Tribune,10 August 1989.
Hvem var Le Duan? [Who was Le Duan?] Arbeiderbladet 28 July 1986.
Yndig land i krise, Article, 1979.
Interviews
Kina vil ha krisemte [China calls for Crisis Meeting], Dagsavisen, 29 November 2010.
Hvem truer verdensfreden? [Who Threatens World Peace?], Aftenposten, 25 August 2010.
Fremad marsj! ... Hva i all verden er krig? [March Onward! ... What On Earth Is War?],
Dagbladet Magasinet 28 August 2010.
Euronews interview about global energy security, April 2009.
Kolossen vaklar, men str [The Colossus Trembles, but Stands], Dag og Tid, 26 September
2008.
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Der det er liv, er det hp [Where there is life, there is hope], Budstikka Pluss, 29 December
2007.
VN se lam gi o Hoi dong Bao an (in Vietnamese), BBC Vietnamese, 20 September 2007.
Mer fred p jord, interview by Marianne Tnnessen, Vrt Land, 11 December 2006.
Interview in Renmin Ribao (The Peoples Daily), 8 November 2006
Mellom flyene, interview by Halvor Finess Tretvoll, Ny Tid, 2 April 2005.
SV m godta NATO dersom de vil i regjering!, Reform, 2004.
Europas Offenheit ist seine Strke in Neue Stadt, November 2003.
Fred som frsteprioDN-magasinet, 15 June 2002.
Hva gjr du? Dagbladet 17 November 2001.
Seks land krangler om retten til forblste skjr i Sr-Kina havet, Aftenposten, 2 June 2000.
Vietnam m velge, Aftenposten, 7 February 2000.
Unpublished papers
The Vietnam peace. How priorities in Vietnams internal and external policies changed after
1987, paper presented at the 50th International Studies Association Convention, New York City,
18 February 2009.
Explaining the East Asian Peace 19802005, paper presented at the 49th International Studies
Association Convention, San Francisco 27 March 2008.
China Needs a Democratizing Deng, paper written with ystein Tunsj, 27 July 2004.
Bin Laden against Bush: Are They at "war"?, Draft chapter for a book about the effects of 9/11,
edited by Ron Pruessen, University of Toronto.
Sino-Vietnamese relations and the South China Sea, paper presented at the South China Sea panel
of the Third EUROSEAS conference, London 78 September 2001.
Why Federalism failed in Indonesia and Indochina, but triumphed in Malaya, 194550, paper
written and presented together with Hans Antlv (Ford Foundation, Jakarta) at the workshop
Decolonization and Transformation in Southeast Asia, Singapore, 1921 February 2001.
Ho Chi Minhs First Constitution (1946), paper presented to the workshop on Nation-State
Formation at the International Conference on Southeast Asia in the 20th Century, University of
the Philippines, 28-30 January 1998, and (in a slightly revised version) to the International
Conference on Vietnamese Studies and the Enhancement of International Cooperation, Hanoi
1417 July 1998. Lecture in the Philippines | Lecture in Hanoi
Politiske utsikter i Thailand og Sr-Korea, notat til Norske Skog, April 1998.
Le Declenchement de la Guerre en Indochine, Essay, University of Paris, 25 June 1998.
Fra eurosentrisk til global verdenshistorie, paper presented at meeting of international historians,
Oslo 12 November 1997.
French Attempts to Reestablish a Normal Pace of Life in Indochina, 194647, paper presented to a
workshop on pace of life in Southeast Asia, 20 November 1997.
Vietnams situation as of May 1996, May, 1996.
Asia and the Danger of a World Wide Anti-Democratic Backlash, paper presented at the workshop
Democracy in Asia, NIAS, Copenhagen, 2629 October 1995.
Synopsis til RUC om Demokrati og autoritre politiske systemer i Asien, March 1995
Four Monumental Stories: National Monuments and Museums in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hanoi
and Jakarta, paper presented at a conference at NIAS, May 1994.
Reading History Backwards: Vietnam between China and the West, 19951885, paper presented at
the seminar Current Developments in Asia Pacific, University of Stockholm, 3031 August
1993.
Did FDR Provoke the Japanese Coup of 9 March 1945 in French Indochina? Paving the Way for
Ho Chi Minh, paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for the History of
American Foreign Relations (SHAFR), June 1992.
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From Confucianism to Communism, and Back?Vietnam 192595, paper presented to two

conferences in 1992.
Dobbelmakt, 1991
Report from a Disintegrating Empire, unpublished report from a research trip to Moscow, June
1991.
Les Deux Guerres dIndochine 1945-1975, 1986.
Manuscript BBC World Service 19 December 1986.
Utvidelsen av det amerikanske engasjementet i Vietnam fra1961 til 1965, Exam, University of
Oslo, November 1982.
Vietnams frste deling forspillet til krigen i Indokina1945-1946 [The First Division of Vietnam
the Prologue to the War in Indochina 1945-1946], Thesis in History, University of Oslo, July
1981.
USA og Vietnam 1944-1956 Essay, University of Oslo, 1981.
La Dcolonisation sous la IV Rpublique, Paper at Aarhus University, December 1980.
Kronologi VN 1945-46: Forspillet til krigen i Vietnam, 1980.
Hvem er det der med sukkersd stemme vil have oss til at glemme Frankrig analyse af en
valgtext fra Jacques Chiracs hnd, Autumn 1979.
Holdningskampen som motstandsstrategi under okkupasjon av Norge 1940-45,
Samtidshistorie Oppland DH, Spring 1977.
Partiforholdene i Norge i tiden omkring 1900 [Norwegian Political Parties in the time around
1900], Spring 1977
Skolen p Maihaugen [The school at Maihaugen], Samtidshistorie Oppland DH, June 1977.
Blodbadet, bddelen og makten, Samtidshistorie Oppland DH, Spring 1977.
Det norske hjelpearbeidet for Spania [The Norwegian Support to Spain] Samtidshistorie
Oppland DH, November 1976.
For en marxistisk historieskriving borgerlig vitenskapsteori, Samtidshistorie Oppland DH,
Fall 1976.
Mellom klassesamarbeid og strassburgerteser mot-konflikten 1932, Samtidshistorie
Oppland DH (incomplete document) 1976.

Lectures and Talks

2011
New Approaches to the Social History of Warfare, Montreal, 25 February.
The South China Sea and Chinas Security Strategy in East Asia - are we entering an era of
strategic conflict? Panel introduction, Stockholm China Forum, 23 January.
East Asias Thirty Years Peace: Internally or Externally Driven? Fairbanks Center for Chinese
Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, 18 February.
The Role of Norway in Peace Processes, mediation course, United States Institute of Peace,
Washington, D.C., 18 January.
2010
The Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo, informal presentation to a group of students from Hedmark
College, Oslo University College, 10 December.
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Vietnam 1946: Hur kriget borjade, [Vietnam 1946: How the War Began], presentation of new
book at seminar organized by Vietnamforeningen, ABF-huset, Stockholm, 8 December.
The Role of Norway in Peace Processes, mediation course, United States Institute of Peace,
Washington, D.C., 30 November.
Misperceptions, National Interests, and Law in the South China Sea, paper presented to the
Second International Workshop The South China Sea: Cooperation for Regional Security and
Development, 10-12 November, 2010, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Hvor gr Kina? Kollaps, konflikt eller fortsatt fredelig vekst? [Where Is China Heading? Collapse,
Conflict, or Persistent Peaceful Growth], Polyteknisk forening, Oslo, 23 September.
The East Asian peace since 1979, Bjrknes University College, Oslo, 10 September.
War and Peace in the Long 20th Century, Bjrknes University College, Oslo, 6 September.
Peace and Conflict in Southeast Asia, keynote address, the 6th EUROSEAS conference, Gteborg,
28 August.
Speech on PRIOs behalf at Hkan Wibergs funeral, Copenhagen 24 August.
War and Peace in the Long 20th Century, Peace and Conflict Studies (PECOS), University of
Oslo, 20 August.
War and Peace in Indochina, International Summer School, University of Oslo, 21 July.
War and Peace in the Long 20th Century, International Summer School, University of Oslo, 20
July.
1979 som verdenshistorisk vendepunkt: Kontrafaktisk historie [1979 as a World Historical
Turning Point: Counterfactual History], Course for Secondary School Teachers, Nes
videregende skole, 21 April.
Facilitation of Peace Processes: The Role of Small and Medium Sized States, Conference on
International Conflict Mediation at the Crossroads, TAPRI, Tampere 16 April (via Skype).
Stormakten Kina: Truende eller fredelig? [China as Great Power: Threatening or Peaceful?],
Course for Secondary School Teachers, the Norwegian Nobel Institute, 25 March.
Krig og fred i Indokina, 1945-2010 [War and Peace in Indochina, 1945-2010] Universitetet i
Agder, 9 March.
Blir verden mer fredelig? [Is the World Becoming More Peaceful?], Hgskolen i Lillehammer, 18
February.
stasias fred [The East Asian peace], Ris menighetshus, Oslo, 17 February.
Krig og fred i det lange 20. rhundre [War and Peace in the Long 20th Century], Oppegrd
Pensjonistakademi, Kolbotn, 10. februar.
The East Asian peace since 1979, Institute of Democracy and Peace, Udayana University, Bali, 8
February.
Vietnam 1946: How the War Began, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, 3
February.
The East Asian peace since 1979, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore, 2 February.
2009
Launch of the book Vietnam 1946: How the War Began, Mridien Hotel, Hanoi, 30 November.
Can the disputes over maritime delimitation and sovereignty to islands in the South China Sea be
resolved? Paper presented to the workshop The South China Sea: Cooperation for Regional
Security and Development, organized by the Vietnam Lawyers Association and the Diplomatic
Academy of Vietnam, Hanoi, 26-27 November.
The East Asian Peace Since 1979, Lecture at Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Hanoi, 27 October.
1979 som verdenshistorisk vendepunkt: Kontrafaktisk historie [1979 as a World Historical
Turning Point: Counterfactual History], Course for Secondary School Teachers, BroAschehoug,
Oslo, 15 October.
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War and Peace in the Long 20th Century, Bjrknes University College, Oslo, 24 September.
Ethical and Political Dilemmas in Humanitarian Action, Norwegian Red Cross, Oslo, 1
September.
Asias fremvekst og sikkerhetspolitiske implikasjoner for Norge [The Rise of Asia: Security
Implications for Norway], Presentation at stasjonsjefsmte [Meeting of Norwegian
ambassadors], Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo, 27 August.
War and Peace in the Long 20th Century, Lecture, Peace and Conflict Studies (PECOS),
University of Oslo, 26 August.
Peace in Europe, East Asia, and the World: What does it take for small countries like Norway
and Mongolia to play a larger role? Lecture at the Institute for Strategic Studies, Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia, 17 August.
Peace in Europe and East Asia: Similar or Diverging Explanations? Presentation to the workshop
Long Peace of East Asia since 1979 and West Europe since 1945: Comparison and Implications
Yonsei University, Seoul, 10 August.
War and Peace in the Long 20th Century, International Summer School, University of Oslo, 30
June.
Hva er viktige globale utfordringer p fredsbyggingsfeltet? Seminar talk, NORAD, Oslo, 16 June.
Speech at the founding of the PRIO Alumni Association, PRIO, Oslo, 12 June.
Major Armed Conflicts Since the Cold War, Presentation at PRIO anniversary seminar A Peace
Opportunity Missed? Is the World getting Less Peaceful Again?, Oslo, 11 June.
The East Asian Peace Since 1979, PRIO Anniversary Seminar, 11 June.
Speech at reception to open the celebration of PRIOs 50 year anniversary, Oslo City Hall, 5 June.
The East Asian Peace Since 1979, presentation at the workshop The East Asian Peace
Explanations and Sustainability, Beijing, Institute of World Economy and Politics (IWEP),
CASS, organized in co-operation with the Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) and the
Institute of Defence Studies, Oslo, 25 May.
Kritisk blikk p Norges rolle i fredsprosesser: Bidrar Norge til fred? [A Critical View of the
Norwegian Role in Peace Process: Does Norway Contribute to Peace?] Det nordiske
administrative forbundet, Den norske avdeling [Nordic Administrative Association, Norwegian
Section], 2 April.
Welcoming address at the Launch of the Forum for Peacebuilding Ethics, Oslo, 18 March.
Networking, ISFiT Festival, Trondheim, 28 February.
Trends in Southeast Asia, Norwegian Business Network for Country Risk, Lysaker, 24 February.
Krig og fred i det lange 20. rhundre [Peace and War in the Long 20th Century],
Pensjonistuniversitetet, Klingenberg kino, Oslo, 29 January.
The Chinese Peace Since 1979, Sjefskurs 1, Forsvarets hgskole, Hadeland hotell, Gran, Norway,
6 January.
2008
Climate, Energy and the Middle East, Humboldt University, Berlin, 2 December.
Peace and War in the Long 20th Century, Bjrknes College, Oslo, 30 October.
The East Asian Peace since 1979: How can we explain it? Bjrknes College, Oslo, 28 October.
Who Will Get the Nobel Peace Prize 2008?, Nobel Peace Centre, Oslo, 9 October.
Peace and War in the Long 20th Century, Nansenskolen, Lillehammer, 8 September.
War and Peace in the Long 20th Century, International Summer School, University of Oslo, 17
July.
The Energy Security Paradigm, IDSA-PRIO International Seminar on Africa and Energy Security:
Global Issues, Local Responses, New Delhi 2324 June.
Norwegian Peace Policy, internal lunch seminar, PRIO, Oslo, 20 June.
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The East Asian Peace since 1979, Asia Forum, Stockholm 27 May.
Kina og USA gjensidig konomisk avhengighet eller geopolitisk rivalisering? [Sino-American
relationseconomic interdependence or geopolitical rivalry?], Handelshyskolen, Bergen 20
May.
Vesten mot resten? Vr globale framtid [The West Agains the Rest? Our Global Future],
introduction to a seminar at the Verden til venstre (The World Turning Left) conference,
Oslo, 4 May.
Frn krig till fred i Vietnam [From War to Peace in Vietnam], ABF-huset, Stockholm 22 April.
The Security Polices of the Far East: Asian Tigers on the Loose?, Aktualitetssymposiet,
Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo 22 April.
Norges rolle som fredsmegler [The Norwegian Role as a Peace Mediator], Foreningen av tidligere
stortingsrepresentanter, Stortinget, Oslo 21 April.
The Class Route to Nationhood, The 14th Annual Ernest Gellner Nationalism Lecture, London 14
April.
Climate, energy and peace. China-Nordic Peace Research Conference, Beijing, 7-8 April.
Hvor gr USA? [Where is the USA Heading?], talk at the Tim Greve seminar, Refsnes gods, 9
February.
Vietnam 1946: Dclenchement dune guerre de longue haleine [Vietnam 1946: Outbreak of a
Drawnout War], seminar talk at the cole des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS),
Paris 13 February.
Evig krig for evig fred. Kan vi lykkes i Afghanistan? [Eternal war for eternal peace. Can we
succeed in Afghanistan?], Oslo, Elfenbenstrnet, 26 February.
Klima, olje og fred [Climate, Oil and Peace], Det 28. oljeindustripolitiske seminar, Sandefjord 16
January.
2007
Det politiske systemet i Vietnam kan det endres?[The political system in Vietnam can it
change?], Norsk misjon i st [Norwegian Mission in the East], ed., Fem foredrag om
trosfrihet og menneskerettigher i Vietnam, pent seminar torsdag 13.
september 2007 ved Norsk Lrerakademi, Bergen [Five lectures on freedom of
faith and human rights in Vietnam, open seminar Thursday 13 September 2007 at the Norwegian
Teachers College, Bergen], 817.
War and Peace in the Long Twentieth Century, lecture at the peace research course, International
Summer School, University of Oslo, 9 July.
La Chine et la politique dexploitation conomique des Spratley et des Paracels dans une
perspective historique [China and the policy of economic exploitation in the Spratlys and
Paracels in historical perspective], paper presented at the conference La Chine et la mer :
scurit et cooprations rgionales en Extrme Orient depuis 1954 [China and
the Sea: Security and regional cooperations in the Far East since 1954], Universit Paris I
Panthon-Sorbonne, 30 June.
Det geopolitiske bakteppe for internasjonale operasjoner [The geopolitical background for
international operations], talk at seminar organized for the Norwegian governments committees
on development policy and defence policy, Oslo, 14 May.
The Case for Energy Innovation Parks in India and China, lunch talk at CICERO, Oslo, 9 May.
North Korea, Forsvarets Hyskole, Oslo, 25 April.
Stability and Instability in the Middle East, NATO Joint Warfare Centre (training course for Iraqi
officers), Stavanger, 19 April.
Chinas Quest for a Harmonious Middle East, Statoil Geopolitics Day, Stavanger, 28 March.
Methodologies in Peace Research, Centre for Peace Studies, University of Troms, 21 March.
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The Global Politics of Energy SecurityWashingtonDC: WoodrowWilsonInternationalCenter for

Scholars, 5 March. http://www.eande.tv/video_guide/583?
search_terms=&page=1&sort_type=date
The Politics of Energy Security,Helsinki, Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 21 February.
Conflict Resolution or Joint Development in the South China Sea? Presentation at the Institute for
Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) 9th Asian Security Conference, New Delhi 10 February
2007.
Norske interesser i fred og forsoning [Norwegian Interests in Peace and Reconciliation],
Presentation at seminar organized by the Norwegian MFA to analyze Norwegian interests in a
globalizing world, Oslo, Voksensen, 29 January 2007.
Hvor er verden i 2015/2020? [Where Will the World Be in 2015/2020?], Presentation at seminar
organized by the Research Council of Norways Global Department, Asker, Holmen Fjordhotell,
17 January.
Conflict resolution or joint development in the South China Sea?, 9th Asian Security
Conference, organised by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
(IDSA), New Delhi, 10 January 2007.
2006
Is the Trend Towards a More Peaceful World Sustainable?, Presentation at the Institute for
Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi, 19 December.
Er trenden i retning av en mer fredelig verden brekraftig? [Is the Trend Towards a More Peaceful
World Sustainable?], LillehammerUniversityCollege, 5 December.
Kan olje og fred kombineres? [Are Oil and Peace Compatible?] Lecture at Pensjonistuniversitetet,
Lillehammer, 5 December.
The Global Role of Regional Powers, Lecture to the PRIO-Bjrknes-StellenboschUniversity MA
Course, Oslo 3 November.
Is the Trend Towards a More Peaceful World Sustainable?Near EastUniversity, Nicosia, 19
October and Intercollege, Nicosia, 20 October.
Who Is Going To Win the Nobel Peace Prize?NobelCenter, Oslo, 12 October.
The Global Role of Regional Powers: China, India, Brazil and South Africa, lecture presented at
the Lowy Institute, Sydney, 29 May.
The Global Role of Regional Powers: China, India, Brazil and South Africa, presented at the
Australian Parliament House Library Seminar, Canberra, 24 May.
Multi-religious Society and Terrorism, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding International
Perspectives, comments at a conference on State, Religion and Civil Society: Forging a Critical
Partnership to the Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century in South Africa, India, Norway and
Beyond, hosted by the South African and Indian Embassies to Norway and the Church of
Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations, Oslo, 15 May.
Presented, together with shild Kols, PRIOs report on Energy Security in Asia: China, India; Oil
and Peace to a China group meeting at the MFA, 12 May.
Historikeren i kampen om historien (The Historian in the Struggle over History), closing lecture at
the annual congress of the Norwegian Association of Historians, Kristiansand, 6 May.
The Norwegian Approach to Peace making, presented at the 35th anniversary celebrations of
TAPRI, Tampere, Finland, 3 May.
China a Global Great Power, lecture presented to Forsvarets Hgskole, Oslo, 27 April.
Armed Conflicts and their Solutions: Global Trends, presented at a seminar on Counter
Insurgency and Human Rights, Grand Kemang Hotel, Jakarta, organized by the Indonesian
military, the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights and an Indonesian law firm, FRR, 11 April.
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Launched report on Bullets Without Borders: Improving Control and Oversight over Norwegian
Arms Production, Exports and Investments (Amnesty International Norway and Norwegian
Church Aid report commissioned from PRIO, and written by Kyrre Holm, Nicholas Marsh and
Anne Thurin), Oslo, 29 March.
Presented a lecture on The Norwegian Approach to Peace and Conflict Resolution at the Near
EastUniversity, Nicosia, 9 March.
Presented a talk on Where is China Heading? to Groruddalen Rotary, 21 February.
2005
Presented introductory and closing remarks at the annual conference of PRIOs Cyprus Centre on
PeaceBuilding in Divided Societies, 26 November 2005.
The New Challenge of European Security Research, presented at the inauguration of the Research
Council of Norways new liaison office, Brussels, 21 November (drafted by J. Peter Burgess).
Peace and the Scarcity of Oil, presented at the 13th International Conference of the Institute for
Political and International Studies (IPIS) on Central Asia and the Caucasus, Tehran, 7-8
November.
Peace and Oil, presented at a roundtable organized by the Chinese Institute of International
Studies, Beijing, 31 October.
Hvor gr FN [What Will Become of the UN?], lecture to a seminar organized by the Norwegian
Trade Union movement (LO) and No to Nuclear Weapons, Oslo, 24 October.
The Global Role of Regional Powers (China, India, Brazil, South Africa), the annual conference
of Norwegian ambassadors, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo, 23 August.
Globalisering av nasjonale stater [Globalisation of the Nation State], Aktualitetssymposiet,
Institutt for Statsvitenskap, University of Oslo, 11 March.
Can China Resolve the Dispute in the South China Sea?, Institute of World Development,
Beijing, 4 March (morning).
How China Copes with its Growing Dependence on Imported Oil, Institute of World
Development, Beijing, 4 March (afternoon).
Congratulatory remarks at the opening of an International Symposium on Peace and
Prosperity in the Northeast Asia, organised by The Uri Party Foundation, Seoul, 13 January.
2004
Regional and Global Forces, panel debate at a seminar on Can The Middle East Offer Political
Stability and an Acceptable Business Environment?, Statoil, Stavanger, 30 November.
How to explain the South East Asian Peace presented at a Thai-Norwegian seminar on Sharing
Experiences in Promoting Regional and Global Peace, presided over by His Royal Highness
Crown Prince Haakon and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Bangkok, 25
November.
Presented a lecture on human rights, Worldview Rights, Stavanger, 18 November.
From Nation-building to Peace-building: A Historical Approach, lecture to Bjrknes students, 11
October.
Oljepriser - politisk, sosiale og demografiske forhold i Midt-sten, Oljedirektoratet, Solstrand, 23
September.
Energy in a Peace Perspective, paper presented at the 32nd CPMR General Assembly, Stavanger,
23 September.
Distinguishing civil from international war and terrorism in the Southeast Asian state system,
draft for CSCW workshop at PRIO, Oslo, 18 August.
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La guerre dIndochine a-t-elle t un enfant de la guerre froide?Lecture at Mairie de Montreuil, 8

June.
Sources of Possible Crisis in East and South Asia, background paper presented to the International
Symposium Examination of the regions of crisis from the perspectives of Turkey, NATO and
the European Union, and their impacts on the security of Turkey, organised by the Turkish
General Staff, Istanbul 27-28 May 2004.
USA: Det nye verdensimperiet? [USA: The New Global Empire?], debate with Geir Lundestad,
Zoo Lounge, Oslo, 19 April.
Al Qaeda vs. USA: Is it a War?, 4th lecture in a series of lectures entitled After Iraq: The
Making of a New World Order?, Samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultet, UiO, 2 March.
Is the USA an empire - and should it be?, lecture to Forum for politisk teori [Political Theory
Forum], Norsk senter for menneskerettigheter, Oslo, 20 February.
Kina, partner eller utfordrer for USA? Og hva med Japan? [China, Partner or Contender to the
USA? And What about Japan?] , lecture at a seminar on Kina i verden - en stormakt?
[China in the World A Superpower?], Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt, Kjeller, 19 February.
2003
Presented a lecture on Human rights, Multicultural Understanding and Conflict Management to
students of Buskerud Hgskole, Drammen, 16 November.
Peacebuilding and development co-operation, text based on a keynote address delivered at a joint
Japanese-Norwegian seminar on Peacebuilding and Development Co-operation, Oslo 25
September 2003.
Co-chair of an MFA workshop on Autonomy Arrangements and Internal Territorial Conflicts,
Voksensen, Oslo, 1415 November.
Krigen USA Al Qaeda: global borgerkrig? , lecture to the Luftkrigsskolen, Trondheim, 11
November.
A Clash of Extremes: Bin Laden and Bush in a World at War, presented at conference on Did the
World Turn Upside Down? 9/11 in Historical Context, University of Toronto, 3
November.
Fredsutdanning i et globalt perspektiv, fredsutdanningskonferanse 2003, Troms, 22
October.
Participation at the The European Union Security Conference on Coherence and Capabilities,
Swedish Institute of Foreign Affairs, Stockholm, 20 October.
Genocide - The Cambodian Case, participation in panel debate following screeing of Rithy Panhs
film S 21, The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine,Cinemateket, 16 October.
A very complex region the mother of (almost) all conflicts, Statoil seminar on The Middle
East: The fundament of Opec and a challenging upstream market, Stavanger, 9
October.
Interview and discussion with Director Rithy Panh following screeing of his film S 21, The
Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, Kjellerklubben, 28 September.
Peace-building and development co-operation: Achievements and experiences, keynote address at
a joint seminar between Norway and Japan, Peace-building and Development Cooperation, NORAD, Oslo, 25 September.
Community of Sant-Egidio and the Diocese of Aachen, International Peace Meeting 2003, War
and Peace: Religions and Cultures in Dialogue, Aachen, Germany, 7-9 September.
Peace Education dialogue and the need for knowledge and doubt, Soka Gakkai Denmark, Askov
Hjskole, Denmark, 9 August.
Workshop on Trans-Atlantic Dialogues: The United States and Europe, Before and After 9/11 as
part of the Biennial Conference of the Nordic Association for American Studies (NAAS) on
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America in the World: Transnational Aspects of Life and Culture in the United
States, 6-9 August, Trondheim.
Krigen mellom USA og Al Qaida i Midtsten, PETROPOL conference on En oljeverden
mellom terror og enevelde?, Norges forskningsrd, Oslo, 25 June.
The Bush Doctrine, Europe and East Asia, 2nd GRAD Conference on Regional Cooperation
and Global Security, SimonFrazerUniversity, Vancouver, Canada, 14-16 June.
Introduction to Hanne Sophie Greve, winner of the Prisoners Testament Prize, Aktive Fredsdager,
Risr, 24 May.
An Ideological Transatlantic Crisis?, talk at Utenrikskonferansen 2003 Er multilateralismen
truet? [Is Multilateralism threatened?], Gamle Logen, Oslo, 23 May.
Commentator at a special seminar on US Foreign Policy under George W Bush, with Mel
Leffler, Nobel Institute, Oslo, 23 May.
Regional sikkerhet og USAs rolle i st-Asia [Regional Security and USAs roll in East Asia],
lecture given at a seminar on the USAs roll in East Asia, Forsvarets Hyskole, Oslo, 20 May.
Peace-building and federal constitutions, with emphasis on the Malaysian experience, talk at a
seminar organised by the Norwegian MFA for the Liberation Tigers (LTTE) Political Affairs
Committee, Oslo 31 March
Krigen i Irak - rsaker og konsekvenser [The War in Iraq - Causes and Consequences],
lecture at Hyskolen i Lillehammer, 28 March 2003 and the Nobel Institute, 2 April.
Good governance, talk at NORADs Friday seminar, 14 March.
Human rights in Vietnam, talk at NORAD and MFA seminar, 7 March.
Present World Politics and Global Peace, the 2nd Humanity Conference EarthHuman Peace
Forum, Korea, 1-3 March 2003.
Is war in Iraq inevitable? talk at a seminar organised in the Oslo University Aula, 13 February.
Comments on strategy against political violence, talk at strategy seminar in the Norwegian Church
Aid, Srmarka, 28 January.
Conflict resolution and peace building, talk at an internal seminar in the Norwegian MFA, Oslo,
30 January.
Bush and the Axis of Evil, talk at seminar organised by the Norwegian Peace Council, Oslo 16
January.
China and North Korea, talk at the Norwegian MFA course for future diplomats, Oslo 16 January.
US policy and the upcoming war in Iraq, talk to the Board of the Labour Partys Youth
organisation (AUF), Oslo, 13 January.
Vietnam and Human Rights, talk at seminar in the Norwegian MFA, Oslo, 7 January.
2002
Historical Approaches to the relationship between terrorism and armed conflict, presented at
Workshop onTerrorism and Armed Conflict organised by SIPRI and PRIO, Oslo, 8-9 December
2002.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the French loss of Indochina, 9 March 1945, First Indochina War
Symposium, Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, Austin, 1-3 November 2002.
The al-Qaeda-US Conflict - A Global Civil War?, presented at COST conference on Violence,
Terrorism and War - New Research Challenges after September 11, Copenhagen
Peace Research Institute, 4 September.
Regionalism and Security in East Asia, 2nd NORASIA conference, Trondheim, 30 August 2002.
A Global Civil War?, Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm, 10 April.
Breaking (out of) the axis of evil (in Korean), Jeju Development Center, Jeju City, at the seminar
Establishing the Jeju North-South Peace Center, 25 February 2002.
Engaging the Hegemon: China, Vietnam and North Koreas approach to the USA, Institute of
International Relations, Hanoi 22 February, Korean National Defense University, Seoul 28
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February, International Studies Association Conference, New Orleans 27 March, Forum for
kultur, vitenskap og livssyn, Oslo 16 April, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen, 2
May. English | Korean
Sino-Vietnamese relations and the Gulf of Tonkin, dinner talk to group of diplomats, Hanoi 22
February.
Peace and peace research, Tnsberg videregende skole 25 January.
Kina i stormakts-konserten, Oslo, seminar organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 7 January.
2001
Marine vietnamienne et dfense de lespace maritime, paper presented at the conference Vietnam
depuis 1945, Paris 11-12 January.
Why federalism failed in Indonesia and Indochina, but triumphed in Malaya, 1945-50, talk at a
graduate course in Vietnamese history at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
(EHESS), Paris 17 January.
The Asian Revolution of 1949-50 and Ho Chi Minhs secret visit to Beijing and Moscow, talk at
a graduate course in Vietnamese history at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
(EHESS), Paris 31 January.
Korea etter fredsprisen: mot en vellykket gjenforening?, innledning, sammen med Vladimir
Tichonov, p U-landsseminaret, University of Oslo, 6 February.
Why Federalism failed in Indonesia and Indochina, but triumphed in Malaya, 1945-50, paper
written and presented together with Hans Antlv (Ford Foundation, Jakarta) at the workshop
Decolonization and Transformation in Southeast Asia, Singapore, 19-21 February.
The borderless South China Sea: A contemporary history, seminar introduction at the East Asia
Institute, Singapore 23 February.
Security in East Asia, with emphasis on the triangular relationship China-Japan-USA, lecture at
the Norwegian Defence Academy (Forsvarets Hgskole), Oslo 14 March.
Historical perspectives on the countries around the South China Sea (Et historisk blikk p landene
rundt Sr-Kina-havet), talk at seminar organised by the Teachers Association (Lrerforbundet)
in Oslo, 14 March.
Experiences from ten years of Canadian-sponsored Managing Potential Conflicts in the South
China Sea workshops, dinner talk to Norwegian alumni of Canadian universities at the
residence of Canadas Ambassador to Norway, Oslo 15 March.
Locating the South China Sea, paper presented at the workshop Locating Southeast Asia:
Genealogies, concepts, comparisons and prospects, Amsterdam, 29-31 March.
The Paracels: The other South China Sea dispute, paper presented at panel on the South China Sea
at the International Studies Association (ISA) Hong Kong Convention, 26-28 July.
Sino-Vietnamese relations and the South China Sea, paper presented at the South China Sea panel
of the Third EUROSEAS conference, London 6 September.
Verden og FN i en ulvetid, introduction to a seminar in the United Nations Association (FNSambandet), and in Oslo Arbeidersamfunn, both 24 October.
Global guerrilla-krig? Al Qaida, Taliban og USA efter 11. september, introduction to a seminar at
Roskilde University Centre, 23 November.
2000
Vietnam and the South China Sea, talk at Lingnan University, Centre for Asian Pacific Studies and
Department of Politics and Sociology, Hong Kong 21 January.
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Asias politiske utfordring, innledning p seminar organisert av Nrings- og Handelsdepartementet

og Norges Eksportrd, Oslo 27. januar.
China, Southeast Asia, and the South China Sea, presentation at the Third ECAN Annual
Conference in Copenhagen, 10 February.
Verdenshistorie p tvers av sivilisasjoner, innledning p mandagsseminaret, Historisk Institutt,
Universitetet i Oslo, 28. februar.
China and the South China Sea, introduction to seminar at the East Asia Institute, Singapore 7
March.
Sikkerhet i st-Asia, med srlig vekt p trekantforholdet Kina-Japan-USA, foredrag ved
Forsvarets Hyskole, Oslo 17. mars.
Hvem kan lse konfliktene i Sr-Kina-havet? foredrag ved U-landsseminaret, Universitet i Oslo
27. mars.
ASEAN developments seen from the outside, lecture at the Norwegian Regional Forum 2000,
Kuching, Sarawak 9 March.
The South China Sea in the age of European decline, 1930-1956, paper presented to the Oslo
Conference on Human and Regional Security in the South China Sea, 2 June.
The conflict in the South China Sea, report about the Oslo Conference on Human and Regional
Security around the South China Sea to the European CSCAPs annual meeting, Paris 22 June.
Comments on papers by Mari Yoshihara and Hongshan Li under Specialised Theme no. 16:
Changing Approaches to the Pacific World, 19th International Congress of Historical Sciences,
Oslo 10 August.
Marginalisation and Poverty, Opening address to the conference Partners in Research: Setting an
Agenda for Norwegian Poverty Research in Collaboration with Researchers from the South,
organized by CROP in Oslo, 28-29 August 2000.
How can Norway follow up the World Development Report on poverty? Comments made under the
panel An alternative view on the forthcoming World Bank Development Report 2000/2001, as
seen by a group of Norwegian poverty researchers, at the First National Conference on
Norwegian Poverty Research in the Third World, organized by CROP in Oslo 29 August 2000.
Chinas Window of Opportunity in the South China Sea, discussion paper at the second roundtable
of The Asia-Pacific Security Forum, Paris 7 September.
Conflict Resolution in the South China Sea, lecture at internal seminar at the International Peace
Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), 12 October.
China and the South China Sea, contribution to seminar at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
(NIAS), Copenhagen 10 November.
1999
Asia-krisens politikk, foredrag p faglig-pedagogisk dag, Universitetet i Oslo 4. januar.
Resolving the South China Sea Conflict Paper to the workshop on the South China Sea Conflict,
Centre for Development and Environment, University of Oslo, 31 March
Hvor ble det av Asias rhundre?, innledning p rskonferansen for Nettverk for
Stillehavsasiastudier, Bergen 19. januar, foredrag for Polyteknisk forenings seniorgruppe, Oslo
1. februar, foredrag p kurs for lrere i videregende skole, Kongsvinger 24. februar og Hamar
26. februar, foredrag p Hgskolen i Lillehammer 8-9. april, Hyskolen i Agder 27. april.
Vietnam og konflikten i Det sydkinesiske hav, foredrag for Danish Management Forum p
Skjoldnsholm (formiddagen) og i Dansk-vietnamesisk forening (aftenen), Kbenhavn 6. mai.
Konflikt och konfliktlsning i Sydkinesiska Sjn, kurs p Center fr st- och Sydstasien,
Gteborg 26. mai.
Den geopolitiske situasjon i Stillehavs-Asia, innledning p seminar i Det Norske Arbeiderpartis
tenkeloft, Stortinget, Oslo 27. mai.
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A global history of integration and variation, talk at seminar on international and global history,
Institute of History, University of Gteborg 3 June.
Historikerens rolle i samfunnet, panelinnlegg p Norske Historikerdager, Lillehammer 17. juni.
(Senere publisert av Hgskolen i Lillehammer.)
Vietnams Aim in the South China Sea: National or Regional Security, Paper presented at the 4th
Euroviet conference in Passau, Germany, 16 September.
What Became of the Asian Century? talk at the conference World History at the Turn of the
Millennium, University of Aarhus, 23 September.
Co-operation in Asia, talk at seminar in the European Parliament, Brussels 24 November.
1998
Energy and Security around the South China Sea, introduction at seminar for the Norwegian
Foreign Ministry, Oslo 20 January.
Asias krise, sosiale og politiske konsekvenser, introduction at seminar in Statoil, Stavanger 21
January.
Vietnam in the Asian crisis, introduction to seminar at the Vietnamese Institute of International
Relations, Hanoi 19 February.
Asiatiske nasjonsformer, seminar at the Institute of History, University of Oslo, 16 March.
Can Vietnam Ride Out the Crisis?, seminar at ABF-huset, Stockholm 1 April.
Politiske virkninger av Asiakrisen, seminar at the Christian Michelsen Institute, Bergen 16 April,
and at Hgskolen i Bod, 27 April.
Et samlet syn p verdenshistorien (A comprehensive view of world history), course organised by
Aschehoug Book Publishers for secondary school teachers, Loen 17 April, Gardermoen 24
April, and Kongsberg 14 May, also presented at a panel on the teaching of history at the
Norwegian historians conference in Bod, 26 April.
Asiakrisens politikk (The Politics of the Asian Crisis), lecture at the regional meeting of
Norwegian ambassadors in Asia, Hanoi 20 April.
Norwegian | English
Is there a momentum for solving the South China Sea Conflict?, introduction at an open seminar
at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Oslo 29 April.
Asiakrisens politikk (The Politics of the Asian Crisis), introduction to seminar about Norwegian
business opportunities in Asia, organised by the Ministry of Trade and the Norwegian Export
Council, Oslo 3 June.
The Politics of the Asia Crisis, lecture at the IIAS-NIAS Asia Update seminar in Amsterdam 12
May and Copenhagen 13 May, and at a seminar organised in Turku 18 May.
Asienkrisens konsekventser fr Indokina, lecture at the University of Gteborg, 26 May.
A naval approach to the political history of the South China Sea region, seminar at NIAS,
Copenhagen 9 June.
Vietnam in the Asian Crisis, talk at seminar on Cuba and Vietnam organised by Roskilde
University Centre at the Centre for Development Studies, Copenhagen 11 June.
The Vietnamese Constitution of 1946, paper presented to the Vietnam Studies Conference in
Hanoi, 16 July.
Asia-krisens politikk, lecture at NORAD, Oslo, 18 August.
Southeast Asia in Great Power Naval Strategies, paper presented at the panel Revising the history
of Southeast Asia at the EUROSEAS conference in Hamburg, 3-6 September.
Asiakrisen - bakgrunn og internasjonale konsekvenser, seminarinnledning i AOF, Oslo, 15.
september.
Er handel og investeringer det beste middel for fremme utvikling?, innledning p seminar i
Polyteknisk Forening, Oslo 24. september.
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Asia-krisens politikk, seminarinnledning p NUPI, Oslo, 14. Oktober

Southeast Asia in Great Power Naval Strategies lecture at SUM, 19 October
Kommunisme, konfutsianisme og konomisk vekst, 1945-97 og Asia krise, 1997-98, to foredrag
p Hgskolen i Agder, 21. oktober.
Malaysias 20. rhundre i srst-asiatisk kontekst, foredrag for kurs i malaysisk, Universitetet i
Oslo, 22. oktober.
Nytt verdensbilde, konflikter, nye utfordringer, foredrag p Kompetansesenteret i Molde, 29.
oktober og i Trondheim, 20. november.
Globalhistoriske lrebker, innledning p Historisk Institutts mandags-seminar, UiO 2. november.
Samuel Huntingtons World View, lecture at Asieninstitutet, University of Copenhagen, 26
November.
Asia-krisens politikk, foredrag p Utenriksdepartementets aspirantkurs, Oslo 14. desember.
1997
Stat og verdighet i konomisk vekst: Eksemplet Vietnam, introduction at seminar in the
Norwegian Foreign Ministry, Dpt. of multilateral aid, 6 January.
Det nye Asien, Kan fattigdommen afskaffes i Asien? og Statens rolle i Asien, three lectures to a
seminar in the Danish Foreign Ministry (DANIDA), 10 June.
Nations- and Federations-of-intent in Indochina, oral presentation at the history panel of the
Euroviet III conference in Amsterdam, 2 July.
Hva er verdenshistorie?, Innledning og verdens(global)historie, Copenhagen, 16 October.
Fra eurosentrisk til global verdenshistorie, meeting of international historians, Oslo 12 November.
Asias krise, lecture at conference in FN-Sambandet, Gardermoen 24 November.
1996
Utsikt over det 20. rhundre - fra Hanoi, lecture at the seminar n verden - samme historie?,
Rros, 3 March.
Democracy and Democratisation in Asia, paper presented at the FAU seminar at Djursvold
Kursuscenter, 7-9 March.
Taiwan i Srstasia, Oslo, Norsk Kinaforum, 20 May.
Ville svaner og flyvende gjess: Ideologi og konomi i Asias 20de rhundre, Oslo, lecture for
Statskonsult 10 September.
Str demokrati og menneskerettigheter i strid med asiatiske verdier? Lecture at seminar in
preparation of PM Gro Harlem Brundtlands visit to Thailand and Vietnam, 18 September.
Er global solidaritet mulig?Oslo, Socialist Left Partys Millennium Conference, 28 September.
konomisk integrasjon og politiske spenninger i Srst-Asia, lecture at SAIH-seminar, University
of Oslo, 22 October.
1995
1990-renes fagre nye verden: ti utviklingstrekk, lecture at course for Seconday school teachers,
organised by Aschehoug forlag, Oslo 3 January.
La paix impose par la Chine: Laccord franco-vietnamien du 6 mars 1946, paper presented at
round table conference at the Institut dhistoire du temps prsent, Paris 6 February.
Problmes dans lutilisation des archives des services secrets dans les recherches sur le Vit-Nam
pendant la deuxime guerre mondiale, paper presented at the 2nd European Vietnam Studies
Conference in Aix-en-Provence, May.
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Asias rhundre, lecture at conference organised by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry for the PMs
office, 28 June.
pedagogisere verdenshistorie, lecture at the Norwegian non-fictional writers association NFFs
seminar skrive historie, 17 September.
Asien och faran fr et globalt bakslag fr demokratiet, introduction at democracy day in Gteborg,
29. september.
Asia and the Danger of a World Wide Anti-Democratic Backlash, paper at workshop Democracy
in Asia, NIAS, Copenhagen, 26-29 October.
The Third Wave in Asia: a Chronology of Democratization, paper at workshop Democracy in
Asia, NIAS, Copenhagen, 26-29 October.
Ti teser om verden, lecture for history teachers
1994
Nasjonalismens janusansikter, lecture at three seminars organized by Aschehoug forlag in
Trondheim, Bergen and Oslo, February-April.
Demokrati i Vietnam?, indledning p offentlig mde organiseret af Dansk-vietnamesisk forening,
Kbenhavn 23 marts.
Four Monumental Stories: National Monuments and Museums in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hanoi
and Jakarta, paper presented at the conference Comparative Approaches to National Identity in
Asia, NIAS, Copenhagen 26-28 May.
Democracy and Peace in Asia, lecture at the International Summer School, University of Oslo, 22
July.
World History: East-West and North-South, paper presented at Nordisk Historikermte in Oslo,
17 August.
Japans Relations with other Asian States, paper presented at seminar on Japans foreign policy,
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Oslo, 6 September.
Den vietnamesiska revolutionen 50 r efter, lecture at the Centre for Asia-Pacific, Stockholm, 7
September.
Asia and the Danger of a Worldwide Anti-Democratic Backlash, lecture at the Centre for AsiaPacific, Stockholm, 4 October.
Imperialism, University of Oslo, 18 October.
Asien og faren for et verdensomspndende tilbageslag for demokratiet, Institut for statskundskab,
Copenhagen 9 November.
1993
Overlever kommunismen i Asia?, foredrag p Center for freds- og konfliktforskning, Kbenhavn 3
februar.
Reading History Backwards: Vietnam between China and the West, 19951885, paper presented
at Centre of Asia-Pacific, University of Stockholm, 30-31 August 1993, and at the Nobel
Institute, Oslo.
From Confucianism to Communism, and Back? - Vietnam 192595, paper presented at
conference on State and Society in East Asia, University of Copenhagen, 29 April to 2 May,
and at the yearly conference of the Norwegian Association of Development Studies (NFU), 1820 June.
Occidentalism, Orientalism and Cultural Imperialism, lecture at NEWAS conference, NIAS,
Copenhagen, 14 October.
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Triangular approaches to the history of decolonisation in Southeast Asia, paper presented at

conference on Nationalism and Ethnicity in Southeast Asia, Berlin 21-23 October.
1992
Did FDR Provoke the Japanese Coup of 9 March 1945 in French Indochina?, paper presented at
the yearly conference of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR),
Hyde ParkNY, June.
Imperienes sammenbrudd i Europa, 1917-18 og 1989-92, foredrag p Aschehoug forlags
sommerkurs i Praha, 1 July.
Cooperation in Indochina as a Challenge to the Nation States, paper presented at the yearly
conference of the Nordic Association of Southeast Asian Studies, Kunglv, October.
Has Communism survived in Vietnam?, lecture at Christian Michelsens Institute, Bergen,
November.
Nation Building in Southeast Asia, seminar talk at NIAS, Copenhagen, 17 November.
1991
Kunsten at oplse et imperium. Det franske koloniriges etablering, udvikling og afvikling (tilegnet
Hr. Gorbatsjov og Hr. Jeltsin), lecture at Department of History, University of Aarhus.
Legenden om Augustrevolutionen, lecture at NIAS, Copenhagen.
History and National Identity in Scandinavia. The Contemporary Debate, 1st lecture in partial
fulfilment of the degree of doctor philosophiae, University of Oslo, September.
United States Policy Towards Asia and Africa During the Cold War, 2nd lecture in partial
fulfilment of the degree of doctor philosophiae, University of Oslo, September
1990
Ho Chi Minh and Viet Nam Doc Lap 1941-1942, paper presented to the Fifth Passau
Colloquium on Southeast Asia, Passau (Germany), June.
Stormaktsrivalisering i Indokina, 1930-1990, seminar paper presented at University of Oslo.
General Leclerc and the Franco-Vietnamese accord of 6 March 1946, statement presented at
colloquium on le Gnral Leclerc et lIndochine, Paris.
Where Do Rights Come From, comments on paper by Charles Tilly, The Vilhelm Aubert
symposium, Institutt for samfunnsforskning, Oslo
1989
Nasjonalitet og revolusjon i Indokina, Introduction to panel discussion at University of Oslo.
Comparative method in the study of the causes for the Vietnamese Revolution of 1945, lecture at
AustralianNationalUniversity, Canberra.
Historiography and National Liberation in Norway and Vietnam, lecture at Institute of Social
Sciences, Hanoi.
1988
Sammenligning av revolusjoner, seminar talk at University of Oslo.
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A French Decision for War, French and Vietnamese Decision-Making Before the Outbreak of the
War in Indochina, December 1946, lecture at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS),
London
1987
La France et le dclenchement de la guerre dIndochine, lecture at LUniversit de Paris VII
(Jussieu).
1986
December 1946 : The Outbreak of the War in Indochina A Study in Fatal Decision Making
Lecture at School of Oriental and African Studies (London), December 1986.

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