Nobel as a Barometer

... against that nightmarish background as a bright spot and the only country where the Arab Spring was relatively successful. (Many will say that the night is still young... ... prizes awarded to Barack Obama in 2009, Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo in 2010 and the European Union in 2012 were an attempt to influence the policies pursued by the main... ... fact, this prize was awarded to Vladimir Putin, who had suggested an elegant plan for Syria’s chemical disarmament, which at that time made it possible to avoid an...