Arne Westad

Odd Arne Westad is Elihu Professor of History at Yale University. He has previously been School Professor of International History at LSE and S.T. Lee Professor of US-Asia Relations at Harvard. Among his books are The Global Cold War, which won the Bancroft Prize, and Decisive Encounters, a history of the Chinese civil war. He also co-edited the three-volume Cambridge History of the Cold War. His most recent books are Restless Empire: China and the World since 1750, which won the Asia Society’s book award, The Cold War: A World History, and Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations. Westad is a member of the History and Public Policy Program Advisory Board.