'Burma/Myanmars reformer - tid for handel og investeringer?' [Reforms in Burma/Myanmar - Time to Trade and Invest?'] Næringslivets bistandskonferanse, Oslo 14 February.

'Makt fra vest til øst i Bård Vegard Solhjells tid,' talk at seminar on the occasion of B.V. Solhjell's 40 year birthday. Stortinget, Lagtingsalen, Oslo 9 February.

'Restless Empire', comments on Prof Odd Arne Westad's presentation of his forthcoming book on China and the world since 1750 (Basic Books, 2012),' Christian Michelsen Institute, Bergen, 23 January.

'Sydkinesiska sjön - ett latent hot mot freden?,' Vietnamföreningen, ABF-huset, Stockholm, 19 January.

2011 

‘The Way from War to Peace in Indochina 1946-2010,’ lecture at Deep South Watch, Prince of Songkhla University, Pattani, 16 December.

‘How come East Asia became so peaceful after 1979?,’ presentation at NORASIA VI, University of Oslo, 13 December.

‘What Brings a Region from War to ‘No-War’or ‘Peace’? The Example of East Asia,’ presentation at Norad’s annual conference, Oslo, 12 December.

‘East Asia from War to (Relative) Peace,’ lecture, Uppsala University, 30 November.

‘The East Asian Peace Trend - and the Thai Exception’, keynote address at the 5th annual NIAS Council conference ‘Political regimes, growth politics and conflict in Asia: Responses to changing environmental, economic and socio-cultural conditions’, Stockholm University, 23 November.

‘Kapitalismens fremtid’, panelinnlegg NHH (Norges Handelshøyskole) Summit, 17 November.

‘Krig og fred i det lange 20. århundre’, Pensjonistuniversitet, Asker, 10 November.

‘1961: The Laos Crisis’, commentary at seminar organised by Vietnamföreningen, Stockholm, ABF-huset, 21 September.

‘Can maritime security be effective without the delimitation of exclusive economic zones?’ Panel presentation at conference on South China Sea, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, D.C., 20 June.

‘Why has there not been war in Korea since 1953?.’ Korea Studies Group, SAIS Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., 7 March.

‘Pour une nouvelle approche: l’expérience de guerre en Chine et Indochine: quel bilan, quel avenir?’ introductory talk at the workshop ‘Civils & combattants à l’épreuve de la guerre en Chine et Indochine, approches socio-culturels,’ Université de Québec à Montreal, 25 February.

‘East Asia’s Thirty Years’ Peace: Internally or Externally Driven?’ Fairbanks Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, 18 February.

 ‘The South China Sea and China’s Security Strategy in East Asia - are we entering an era of strategic conflict?’ Panel introduction, Stockholm China Forum, 23 January.

 ‘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.

‘Vietnam 1946: Hur kriget började,’ [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 går 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,’ Bjørknes University College, Oslo, 10 September.

‘War and Peace in the Long 20th Century,’ Bjørknes University College, Oslo, 6 September.

‘Peace and Conflict in Southeast Asia,’ keynote address, the 6th EUROSEAS conference, Göteborg, 28 August.

Speech on PRIO’s behalf at Håkan Wiberg’s 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 videregående 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?], Høgskolen i Lillehammer, 18 February.

‘Østasias fred’ [The East Asian peace], Ris menighetshus, Oslo, 17 February.

‘Krig og fred i det lange 20. århundre’ [War and Peace in the Long 20th Century], Oppegård 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, Méridien 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.

‘War and Peace in the Long 20th Century,’ Bjørknes 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 stasjonsjefsmøte [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 på 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 PRIO’s 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 på 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. århundre’ [Peace and War in the Long 20^th Century], Pensjonistuniversitetet, Klingenberg kino, Oslo, 29  January.

‘The Chinese Peace Since 1979,’ Sjefskurs 1, Forsvarets høgskole, 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,’ Bjørknes College, Oslo, 30 October.

‘The East Asian Peace since 1979: How can we explain it?’ Bjørknes 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 20^th 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 23–24 June.

‘Norwegian Peace Policy,’ internal lunch seminar, PRIO, Oslo, 20 June.

‘The East Asian Peace since 1979,’ Asia Forum, Stockholm 27 May.

‘Kina og USA – gjensidig økonomisk avhengighet eller geopolitisk rivalisering?’ [Sino-American relations—economic interdependence or geopolitical rivalry?], Handelshøyskolen, Bergen 20 May.

‘Vesten mot resten? Vår 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.

‘Från 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 går USA?’ [Where is the USA Heading?], talk at the Tim Greve seminar, Refsnes gods, 9 February.

‘Vietnam 1946: Déclenchement d’une guerre de longue haleine’ [Vietnam 1946: Outbreak of a Drawnout War], seminar talk at the École des Hautes Études 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, Elfenbenstårnet, 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 øst [Norwegian Mission in the East], ed., Fem foredrag om trosfrihet og menneskerettigher i Vietnam, åpent seminar torsdag 13. september 2007 ved Norsk Lærerakademi, Bergen [Five lectures on freedom of faith and human rights in Vietnam, open seminar Thursday 13 September 2007 at the Norwegian Teachers College, Bergen], 8–17.

‘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 d’exploitation économique 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 : sécurité et coopérations régionales en Extrême Orient depuis 1954 [China and the Sea: Security and regional cooperations in the Far East since 1954], Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 30 June.

‘Det geopolitiske bakteppe for internasjonale operasjoner’ [The geopolitical background for international operations], talk at seminar organized for the Norwegian government’s 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 Høyskole, Oslo, 25 April.

‘Stability and Instability in the Middle East,’ NATO Joint Warfare Centre (training course for Iraqi officers), Stavanger, 19 April.

‘China’s Quest for a Harmonious Middle East,’ Statoil Geopolitics Day, Stavanger, 28 March.

‘Methodologies in Peace Research,’ Centre for Peace Studies, University of Tromsø, 21 March.

‘The Global Politics of Energy Security’WashingtonDC: 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) 9^th 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, Voksenåsen, 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 Norway’s 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 bærekraftig?’ [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-Bjørknes-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 21^st 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 Åshild Kolås, PRIO’s 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 35^th anniversary celebrations of TAPRI, Tampere, Finland, 3 May.

‘China – a Global Great Power,’ lecture presented to Forsvarets Høgskole, 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.

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 PRIO’s 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 Norway’s 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 går 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 Bjørknes students, 11 October.

‘Oljepriser - politisk, sosiale og demografiske forhold i Midt-Østen,’ 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.

‘La guerre d’Indochine a-t-elle été 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’?,’ 4^th 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 Høgskole, 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,’ Voksenåsen, Oslo, 14–15 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, Tromsø, 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 Panh’s 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 Co-operation, 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 Højskole, 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 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 Midtøsten,’ PETROPOL conference on En oljeverden mellom terror og enevelde?, Norges forskningsråd, Oslo, 25 June.

‘The Bush Doctrine, Europe and East Asia,’ 2^nd GRAD Conference on Regional Cooperation and Global Security, SimonFrazerUniversity, Vancouver, Canada, 14-16 June.

Introduction to Hanne Sophie Greve, winner of the Prisoner’s Testament Prize, Aktive Fredsdager, Risør, 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 USA’s rolle i Øst-Asia’ [Regional Security and USA’s roll in East Asia], lecture given at a seminar on the USA’s roll in East Asia, Forsvarets Høyskole, 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 - årsaker og konsekvenser’ [The War in Iraq - Causes and Consequences], lecture at Høyskolen i Lillehammer, 28 March 2003 and the Nobel Institute, 2 April.

‘Good governance,’ talk at NORAD’s 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, Sørmarka, 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 Party’s 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 Korea’s approach to the USA,’ Institute of International Relations, Hanoi 22 February, Korean National Defense University, Seoul 28 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,’ Tønsberg videregående skole 25 January.

‘Kina i stormakts-konserten,’ Oslo, seminar organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 7 January.

 2001 

‘Marine vietnamienne et défense de l’espace 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 Minh’s 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, på 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 Antlöv (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 Høgskole), Oslo 14 March.

‘Historical perspectives on the countries around the South China Sea’ (‘Et historisk blikk på landene rundt Sør-Kina-havet’), talk at seminar organised by the Teachers Association (Lærerforbundet) 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 Canada’s 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 (FN-Sambandet), 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.

‘Asias politiske utfordring,’ innledning på seminar organisert av Nærings- og Handelsdepartementet og Norges Eksportråd, Oslo 27. januar.

‘China, Southeast Asia, and the South China Sea,’ presentation at the Third ECAN Annual Conference in Copenhagen, 10 February.

‘Verdenshistorie på tvers av sivilisasjoner’, innledning på mandagsseminaret, Historisk Institutt, Universitetet i Oslo, 28. februar.

‘China and the South China Sea’, introduction to seminar at the East Asian Institute, Singapore 7 March.

‘Sikkerhet i Øst-Asia, med særlig vekt på trekantforholdet Kina-Japan-USA,’ foredrag ved Forsvarets Høyskole, Oslo 17. mars.

‘Hvem kan løse konfliktene i Sør-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 CSCAP’s 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 CROPin Oslo 29 August 2000.

‘China’s 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 på 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 århundre?,’ innledning på årskonferansen for Nettverk for Stillehavsasiastudier, Bergen 19. januar, foredrag for Polyteknisk forenings seniorgruppe, Oslo 1. februar, foredrag på kurs for lærere i videregående skole, Kongsvinger 24. februar og Hamar 26. februar, foredrag på Høgskolen i Lillehammer 8-9. april, Høyskolen i Agder 27. april.

‘Vietnam og konflikten i Det sydkinesiske hav,’ foredrag for ‘Danish Management Forum’ på Skjoldnæsholm (formiddagen) og i Dansk-vietnamesisk forening (aftenen), København 6. mai.

‘Konflikt och konfliktlösning i Sydkinesiska Sjön,’ kurs på Center för Öst- och Sydöstasien, Göteborg 26. mai.

‘Den geopolitiske situasjon i Stillehavs-Asia,’ innledning på seminar i Det Norske Arbeiderpartis ‘tenkeloft,’ Stortinget, Oslo 27. mai.

‘A global history of integration and variation,’ talk at seminar on international and global history, Institute of History, University of Göteborg 3 June.

‘Historikerens rolle i samfunnet,’ panelinnlegg på Norske Historikerdager, Lillehammer 17. juni. (Senere publisert av Høgskolen i Lillehammer.)

‘Vietnam’s Aim in the South China Sea: National or Regional Security’, Paper presented at the 4^th 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 Høgskolen i Bodø, 27 April.

‘Et samlet syn på 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 Bodø, 26 April.

‘Asiakrisens politikk’ (The Politics of the Asian Crisis), lecture at the regional meeting of Norwegian ambassadors in Asia, Hanoi 20 April.

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‘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 för Indokina,’ lecture at the University of Göteborg, 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 å fremme utvikling?,’ innledning på seminar i Polyteknisk Forening, Oslo 24. september.

‘Asia-krisens politikk,’ seminarinnledning på NUPI, Oslo, 14. Oktober

‘Southeast Asia in Great Power Naval Strategies’ lecture at SUM, 19 October

‘Kommunisme, konfutsianisme og økonomisk vekst, 1945-97’ og ‘Asia krise, 1997-98,’ to foredrag på Høgskolen i Agder, 21. oktober.

‘Malaysias 20. århundre i sørøst-asiatisk kontekst,’ foredrag for kurs i malaysisk, Universitetet i Oslo, 22. oktober.

‘Nytt verdensbilde, konflikter, nye utfordringer,’ foredrag på Kompetansesenteret i Molde, 29. oktober og i Trondheim, 20. november.

‘Globalhistoriske lærebøker,’ innledning på Historisk Institutts mandags-seminar, UiO 2. november.

‘Samuel Huntington’s World View,’ lecture at Asieninstitutet, University of Copenhagen, 26 November.

‘Asia-krisens politikk,’ foredrag på Utenriksdepartementets aspirantkurs, Oslo 14. desember. 

1997 

‘Stat og verdighet i økonomisk 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. århundre - fra Hanoi,’ lecture at the seminar ‘Én verden - samme historie?,’ Røros, 3 March.

‘Democracy and Democratisation in Asia’, paper presented at the FAU seminar at Djursvold Kursuscenter, 7-9 March.

‘Taiwan i Sørøstasia’, Oslo, Norsk Kinaforum, 20 May.

‘Ville svaner og flyvende gjess: Ideologi og økonomi i Asias 20de århundre’, Oslo, lecture for Statskonsult 10 September.

‘Står demokrati og menneskerettigheter i strid med asiatiske verdier?’ Lecture at seminar in preparation of PM Gro Harlem Brundtland’s visit to Thailand and Vietnam, 18 September.

‘Er global solidaritet mulig?’ Oslo, Socialist Left Party’s Millennium Conference, 28 September.

‘Økonomisk integrasjon og politiske spenninger i Sørøst-Asia,’ lecture at SAIH-seminar, University of Oslo, 22 October.

1995

‘1990-årenes fagre nye verden: ti utviklingstrekk’, lecture at course for Seconday school teachers, organised by Aschehoug forlag, Oslo 3 January.

La paix imposée par la Chine: L’accord franco-vietnamien du 6 mars 1946,’ paper presented at round table conference at the Institut d’histoire du temps présent, Paris 6 February.

‘Problèmes dans l’utilisation des archives des services secrets dans les recherches sur le Viêt-Nam pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale,’ paper presented at the 2nd European Vietnam Studies Conference in Aix-en-Provence, May.

‘Asias århundre,’ lecture at conference organised by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry for the PM’s office, 28 June.

Å pedagogisere verdenshistorie,’ lecture at the Norwegian non-fictional writers association NFF’s seminar ‘Å skrive historie,’ 17 September.

‘Asien och faran för et globalt bakslag för demokratiet,’ introduction at democracy day in Göteborg, 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 på offentlig møde organiseret af Dansk-vietnamesisk forening, København 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 Historikermøte’ in Oslo, 17 August.

‘Japan’s Relations with other Asian States,’ paper presented at seminar on ‘Japan’s foreign policy,’ Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Oslo, 6 September.

‘Den vietnamesiska revolutionen 50 år 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 Asia-Pacific, Stockholm, 4 October.

‘Imperialism,’ University of Oslo, 18 October.

‘Asien og faren for et verdensomspændende tilbageslag for demokratiet,’ Institut for statskundskab, Copenhagen 9 November.

1993

‘Overlever kommunismen i Asia?,’ foredrag på Center for freds- og konfliktforskning, København 3 februar.

‘Reading History Backwards: Vietnam between China and the West, 1995–1885’, 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 1925–95’, 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), 18-20 June.

‘Occidentalism, Orientalism and Cultural Imperialism’, lecture at NEWAS conference, NIAS, Copenhagen, 14 October.

‘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 på 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, Kungälv, 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 opløse 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 Général Leclerc et l’Indochine,’ 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.

‘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 déclenchement de la guerre d’Indochine’, lecture at L’Université 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.