nobel peace prize Archives

The Personality Trait That Every Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner Has in Common

My guest today Supriya Vani interviewed every living female Nobel Peace Prize winner. She crossed the globe interviewing female nobel Laureates to learn what compelled them to action and lead such distinguished lives. Her 2018 book Battling Injustice: 16 Nobel...

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Won The Nobel Peace Prize. But His Peace Plan is Under Threat. Here’s Why

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today. It was a fitting honor for a man who put his political career on the line to help bring an end to the longest running civil war in...

Malala Gave the Greatest Speech EVER in the United Nations 69 Year History

Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi are the winners of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize!

Why the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Deserved The Nobel

There is good reason to get behind the Nobel Committee's decision to confer

Why the EU Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize

You can take issue with the way various EU bodies and personalities have handled the financial crisis, but if you take a longer perspective the decision to award the Peace Prize to the European Union was one that was probably long overdue.

Why A Global Health Outfit Should Win the Nobel Peace Prize This Year

We need to diversify how we fund the global fight against diseases like Malaria. The term of art for this is "innovative financing for development." The UN has a laboratory for this named Unitaid, and they deserve to win a Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel Prize Speech for the Arab Spring

The Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech by Tawakkol Karman is the smartest, most intense, and deeply moving things I have read about the Arab Awakening over the last year.

Could the Nobel Peace Prize Hurt Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Chances at Re-Election Next Week?

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Liberian president and first female African head of state, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this morning - only four days before a key presidential election in Liberia. How will the award impact her re-election bid?

The Personality Trait That Every Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner Has in Common

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Won The Nobel Peace Prize. But His Peace Plan is Under Threat. Here’s Why

Malala Gave the Greatest Speech EVER in the United Nations 69 Year History

Why the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Deserved The Nobel

Why the EU Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize

Why A Global Health Outfit Should Win the Nobel Peace Prize This Year

The Nobel Prize Speech for the Arab Spring

Could the Nobel Peace Prize Hurt Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Chances at Re-Election Next Week?

UNAIDS and the Millennium Villages

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 5 – Bathing in Yakawlang

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 6 – The Legacy of War Crimes

The Obama Agenda at the United Nations