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Monday, 16 Nov 2020
Myanmar: weak leadership is prompting grassroots activists to make a difference

Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy secured yet another large majority in the Myanmar parliament in the national election. But, despite the Nobel peace laureate’s party being in power since 2015, progress in the war-torn and troubled country remains hampered by both structural restraints and the absence of political ...

Monday, 12 Oct 2020
A Path to Peace and Stability Through Food Aid

This piece was originally posted on the PRIO blog in 2018. We’re reposting it now in 2020 on the occasion of the World Food Programme winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Constant war drove Fazle, his wife and four children away from their home and farm in the Khyber region of ...

Friday, 1 Nov 2019
Was Greta Thunberg Snubbed for the Peace Prize?

There is no simple and unquestionable causal link between climate change and conflict. The Nobel Committee should take note of this. The Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2019 to Abiy Ahmed, the young and dynamic Ethiopian prime minister, for his efforts to make peace with Eritrea and for his ...