Stein Tønnesson

Stein Tønnesson

Research Professor Emeritus

Email: stein@prio.org

Mobile phone: +47 481 01 292

X: @SteinTonnesson

Website: www.cliostein.com

Interests and experience

The Indochina Wars/Vietnam War. I’m publishing En kort introduksjon til Vietnamkrigen (A Short Introduction to the Vietnam War), Oslo, 2023.

Conflicts in the South China Sea.

China-US relations and tension in the Taiwan Strait/South China Sea. My interest builds on the East Asian Peace program, which I directed at Uppsala University (2011-17).

Armed conflict in Myanmar. I conducted several projects in Myanmar (2012-21), with the Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security.

Please find an autobiography, which a colleague called a "premature obituary" in A Historian’s Paths to Peace.

Work positions
2022–
Research Professor EmeritusPeace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
2011–2017
Leader of East Asia Peace ProgramUppsala University
2010–2011
Randolph Jennings Senior FellowUnited States Institute of Peace
2009–2022
Research ProfessorPeace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
2001–2009
DirectorPeace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
1998–2001
Professor II of Human Development StudiesUniversity of Oslo
1992–1998
Research professorNordic Institute for Asia Studies
1992
Research Fellow and Co-EditorJournal of Peace ResearchPeace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
1988–1991
Doctoral candidatePeace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
1981–1982
Student ScholarshipPeace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
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