Nobel Peace Prize

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Friday, 7 Nov 2025

Street of Caracas, October 2025. The poster titled “The Train of Sanctions”, refers to the call for sanctions against Venezuela by the three right-wing leaders in the photo, among them Maria Corina Machado. Implicitly the poster is mocking with President Trump’s accusations against Venezuela of leading the “Train of Aragua” (a criminal gang). The poster text continues: “They will never win over us. The Venezuelan People”. Photo: Jesus Vargas/Getty Images

An unpalatable Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize must not motivate or encourage aggression, contrary to the apparent effect of this year’s prize, awarded to Maria Corina Machado.

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Thursday, 9 Oct 2025

Benjamin Netanyahu hands off a letter Netanyahu sent to the Nobel Peace Prize committee to nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize during a dinner in the Blue Room of the White House on July 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Why Trump is unlikely to win the Nobel Peace Prize

U.S. President Donald Trump has presented himself as a global peacemaker-in-chief, citing his role brokering several peace agreements and suggesting he belongs among the laureates.

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Monday, 13 Oct 2025

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, speaks in the street, on January 9, 2025, in Caracas, Venezuela. Photo: Jimmy Villalta via Getty Images

María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize captures the spirit of our age

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize is a reminder that the future of democracy rests on those who dare to protest without violence.

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Wednesday, 15 Oct 2025

Vladimir Putin visits Tajikistan on the day of the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize, 10 October 2025. Photo: Getty Images

Russia ignores global peace developments to focus on Putin’s war

Extraordinary international attention was focused on the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on October 10. Anxiety was palpable in Moscow, where official skepticism had dominated since the award of the 2022 prize to the Memorial Society.

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Thursday, 18 Sep 2025

President Donald Trump walks to Air Force One at Morristown Airport on September 14, 2025 in Morristown, New Jersey. . Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Trump says he has ended six wars in six months. As a peace researcher, I’m scratching my head

In recent weeks, President Trump has repeatedly claimed that he has “solved” six wars in six months. Siri Aas Rustad comments.

November 2025

An unpalatable Peace Prize

October 2025

Why Trump is unlikely to win the Nobel Peace Prize

María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize captures the spirit of our age

Russia ignores global peace developments to focus on Putin’s war

September 2025

Trump says he has ended six wars in six months. As a peace researcher, I’m scratching my head

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