International Relations since 1945: East, West, North, South

About Geir Lundestad

Geir Lundestad was born in 1945. He was professor of history and American Civilization at the University of Tromsø from 1974 to 1990. He has held fellowships at Harvard University (197879 1983) and the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington DC (198889). Since 1990 Lundestad has been director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute and permanent secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. The Committe awards the Nobel Peace Prize. Since 1991 he has also been adjunct professor of international history at the University of Oslo. Lundestad has written numerous books and articles on the Cold War and on transatlantic relations. His most recent books are The Rise & Decline of the American Empire. Power and its Limits in Comparative Perspective (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2012) and edited International Relations Since the End of the Cold War. New & Old Dimensions (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2013).