Nobel Peace Prize: ISS, Trump, Carney Among 287 Nominees

OSLO: The Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce this year’s Peace Prize winner in Oslo on October 9. The committee received 287 nominations, a little over a quarter of them organisations. Observers say the outcome could be unexpected, given the committee’s history of surprising and controversial choices.
Haakon Gjerloew, director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo, lists the International Space Station among his top contenders, calling it a rare symbol of international cooperation at a time when multilateralism is weakening. Other names include US President Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms, Ukrainian children’s rights advocate Mykola Kuleba and Save the Children, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court. Among women, Gaza surgeon Sara al-Saqqa and Russian opposition figure Yulia Navalnaya are being tipped.
Trump’s candidacy is seen as contentious because of the war on Iran launched by the US and Israel in February. Sean Davis of the Uppsala Conflict Data Program said that, in the current climate, even Trump’s supporters would find a win hard to believe. Gjerloew said recent events involving 2025 laureate Maria Corina Machado, who presented her prize to Trump, have further complicated the committee’s decision. This year’s prize is worth 12 million Swedish kronor, roughly $1.2 million.