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Professor Tunsjø is Head of the Asia Program at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies at the Norwegian Defence University College. Tunsjø holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 2006, an MSc from the London School of Economics, 2002 and a MA from Griffith University, Australia, 2000. Tunsjø was aContinue reading «Øystein Tunsjø»

Hilde is an Associate Professor of International Studies at Bjørknes University College. Her research interests cover American politics, U.S. foreign policy, American history and international relations. Her dissertation was on the concept of American exceptionalism understood as an identity, and its effect on history U.S. foreign policy traditions. This was further developed in her first book, AmericanContinue reading «Hilde Restad»

Sigrid Rege Gårdsvoll is a communications advisor and educator. She is also a writer and podcaster with the website AmerikanskPolitikk.no, Norway’s only website dedicated to offering non-partisan, balanced and fact-based coverage of the state of American politics. She will be speaking during the first theme; the upcoming U.S. elections.   

Christina Pletten is a journalist and a member of the op-ed board at Aftenposten. She was the US correspondent of Aftenposten from 2017 until 2019, and has lived in the United States for 14 years. Pletten is an alumna of New York University, and has covered four presidential elections.   She will be joining us during part oneContinue reading «Cristina Pletten»