18 countries have followed China’s lead in refusing to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony; what are their motivations? And how is all of this going over with the Nobel Prize committee?
Paul Martin, director of Human Rights Studies at Barnard College at Columbia University, joins us for more about Liu Xiaobo, and an analysis of the political implications of the Nobel Committee’s decision.
President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize early this morning for ‘his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.’ according to the Nobel Committee in Oslo. We take a look at the significance of this.
Today, Barack Obama became the third sitting U.S. President to win the Nobel Peace Prize. We’ll gauge international reaction to the announcement and the World’s Jeb Sharp puts it into historical perspective.
