🎙️E23: Rethinking the Nobel Peace Prize: Politics, Tech, and the Future of “Peace” Awards
Description
Is the Nobel Peace Prize still a beacon of global hope—or a geopolitical chess piece?
In this episode, Aparna and Harinda trace the prize’s 120-year history, expose the politics behind “anticipatory awards,” and ask whether AI-era diplomacy demands a new definition of peace.
Listen for:
- The origin story—why Alfred Nobel chose Norway and a five-member committee
- Controversial laureates: Obama, Abiy, Aung San Suu Kyi—and the limits of “hope awards”
- How today’s nominees (including Donald Trump) turn peace into real-time influence campaigns
- The rise of “peace-tech”: satellite cease-fire monitoring, blockchain diplomacy & AI-mediated conflict resolution
- Should the prize evolve—or be replaced—when cyberwar and algorithmic weapons dominate the battlefield?
🕒 Chapters
00:00 History & Significance of the Nobel Peace Prize
00:43 Geopolitical Implications of the Prize
02:19 Anticipatory Awards: Promise vs. Proof
04:27 Aung San Suu Kyi, Revocation & Moral Risk
11:41 Hope as a Diplomatic Tool
19:39 Technology’s New Role in Peace Efforts
27:08 Why—& How—we should Rethink the Prize
35:38 The Future of Peace & Technology
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- Harinda Katugaha — LinkedIn
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