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Conversations with History: Geir Lundestad

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Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Geir Lundestad, historian and Secretary to the Nobel Commission for a discussion of realism and idealism in international politics. They also discuss the Nobel Peace Prize, its history, impact and the controversy surrounding some of the awardees. Series: "Conversations with History" [12/2005] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 11204]

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  • Regina,

    Geir put political ideology and propaganda above principle and merit...If that isn't fundamentally fraudulent I don't know what is...If you want to be respected for character and integrity you don't give away a Peace Prize for nothing other than a dogma Geir wants to promote.

  • Oh, I see what your problem is. The Obama thing. I'll be honest with you, I don't agree with giving the Prize to Obama, but that doesn't justify calling Geir Lundestad a fraud. And he didn't decide by himself to award the prize to Obama, he nominated him and the Committee agreed.

  • Regina,

    Yes, Geir is a fraud. He is a pompous socialist ass...Giving the Nobel Prize to a con-man who crawled out of the bloody warzone of American ghettos, having done nothing to stop black-on-black crime, is nothing short of fraudulent.

  • Who, Geir? He most certainly is not- I have met the man several times and I assure you he's very intelligent and straightforward with his ideas. If anyone is a "fraud" here, it's that interviewer.

  • This guy is a fraud.

  • The way the interviewer pronounces his name- ghastly.

    What year is this from? Geir's put on some weight since then. He's a very funny man.

  • Well, English is of course very important. But I think it is an illusion to think that the international debates in English are also automatically universal. In my experience, these debates are dominated (naturally) by Anglo-Saxon concerns. What is important to an American is not always important to a German - and why should a German write in English then? The value of expressing yourself in your native language is sadly underestimated today.

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