MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale
Nuclear Security Program

Arne Westad

Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs, Faculty Fellow, Nuclear Security Program
Council on East Asian Studies , European Studies Council, Nuclear Security Program
Research Interests:

Modern International and Global History; History of Eastern Asia since the 18th Century

Odd Arne Westad teaches history and global affairs at Yale. Among his books are The Global Cold War and Decisive Encounters, a history of the Chinese civil war.  He also co-edited a three-volume Cambridge History of the Cold War.  His most recent books are Restless Empire: China and the World since 1750; The Cold War: A World History; Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations; The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform (with Chen Jian), and The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Lessons from History.

 

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