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Peace Talks Radio: Improving the Peace Prize

Martin Luther King's Nobel Peace Prize Medal - The King Center - Atlanta - Georgia - USA
Martin Luther King's Nobel Peace Prize Medal - The King Center - Atlanta - Georgia - USA [Wikimedia Commons]

The Nobel Peace Prize was established in 1901 by Swedish inventor and philanthropist, Alfred Nobel. Committee members in Norway meet privately to consider nominees.They look for world leaders who advance the cause of peace. But in recent years, this process has come under scrutiny. Critics say the prize has lost its way by honoring leaders who later fueled wars and violence. On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, broadcast in honor of International Peace Month, correspondent Avishay Artsy explores the Nobel Peace Prize’s shortcomings and the calls to reform it.