Betraying the Nobel opens with a detonation from Michael Nobel, Alfred’s great-grandnephew. The vice-chairman and then chairman of the Nobel Family Society for 15 years, Michael believes that the Nobel Peace Institute has betrayed the ‘original conditions of Alfred Nobel’s will and intentions’. Its selection process is ‘very sketchy’ and its committee of Norwegian parliamentarians reflects the balance of power in their parliament.
Dominic Green
The farce of the Nobel Peace Prize
The award has come to reflect the Norwegian committee’s own political interests, while past winners have included notorious terrorists, says Unni Turrettini
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