Mark Carney, Donald Trump among contenders for Nobel Peace Prize — SkimNews
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- Norwegian Nobel Committee received 287 candidates for this year's Peace Prize — just over a quarter of them organizations — and will reveal the laureate Oct. 9 in Oslo, with prize money set at 12 million Swedish kronor (about US$1.2 million)
- The organization behind the International Space Station tops Peace Research Institute Oslo forecaster Haakon Gjerløw's annual watch list, which he called "a rare symbol of global cooperation" amid eroding multilateralism
- Donald Trump has been nominated again and openly wants the prize, but Uppsala Conflict Data Program senior analyst Shawn Davies said Trump's own base wouldn't believe he could win because he is "stuck in what looks like a forever war in Iran" following the February U.S.-Israel war
- Mark Carney is a contender for making an international mark by standing up to Trump on U.S. tariffs; University of Toronto professor emeritus Nelson Wiseman warned a Carney win would "make relations with Canada rockier than they are"
- Other watch-list contenders include Ukrainian children's advocate Mykola Kuleba and Save the Children, Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms grassroots network, the Committee to Protect Journalists after the deadliest two years for reporters on record, and the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court jointly
- Marco Rubio announced a campaign in July to "dismantle the threat … posed by the International Criminal Court to U.S. sovereignty," a position that directly complicates the ICC's joint nomination alongside the ICJ
Why it matters: With the Oct. 9 announcement drawing from 287 candidates and a $1.2 million purse, the committee's choice will be read as commentary on U.S. foreign policy — awarding Trump would legitimize the ongoing Iran war, while recognizing the ICC conflicts with Rubio's stated campaign to dismantle its threat to U.S. sovereignty.
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