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The Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 was awarded to Barack H. Obama for advancing international diplomacy and cooperation.
The claim that is false: , not by the laureate, and the 2009 award to Obama was publicly announced and conferred by that committee while he was president . The decision provoked immediate debate about...
Geir Lundestad, longtime director and non‑voting secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, later wrote and told reporters that the committee had hoped the 2009 prize would strengthen Barack Obama bu...
Historians and scholars view Barack Obama’s 2009 Nobel Peace Prize primarily as a symbolic endorsement of a diplomatic posture rather than recognition of concrete achievements, with reactions divided ...
The Nobel Peace Prize’s history is littered with awards that later generated institutional regret, public reversals or sustained controversy — notable cases include the long-debated omission of Mahatm...
The Nobel Prizes have produced enduring triumphs and recurring scandals: the Peace Prize has provoked the greatest uproar for political choices such as Henry Kissinger , while scientific and literary ...