In the first half of September, US President Trump was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize twice; in the second half of September, Russian President Putin was also nominated to compete for this prize, and these two nominations made September a little more lively. When everyone heard the news that these two were nominated, the expressions of netizens should not be serious, because their intuition tells everyone: they don’t seem to be very peaceful.
Strongness is Putin's biggest feature when dealing with international issues. His strong confidence comes from Russia's strong military strength. With the support of a strong style, Putin either threatens to take action or simply takes action when dealing with disputes. Russian soldiers have appeared in Ukraine, Georgia , Crimea, Syria and other countries, especially the Syrian war that lasted for more than 7 years. The Russian army participated in the game for 4 years, and the casualties caused were not a small number. This is a war with conclusive evidence, not peace.
Putin's liking for action is related to his own experience and to Russia's national conditions. Back then, he relied on force to resolve the Chechen crisis and gained a foothold in the political arena. Over the years, Putin deeply realized the benefits of the war. At the same time, only military power is left to maintain Russia's international voice, and other aspects are really not possible. Using force is equivalent to maintaining Russia's image as a major power.
(Trump and Putin talks)
Another nominee, Trump, was a veteran in business. He and his idol Putin have completely different growth lines, so Trump is not good at fighting wars. He almost fought in Syria, Venezuela and Iran . The final result showed that he was used to threatening rather than taking action. Compared with war, Trump is better at forcing people to sign contracts deliberately. With this skill, Trump's anti-globalization, initiating trade sanctions and blockades has actually caused a potential harm in this regard, which is actually equivalent to starting a war.
A rough look at the situation of these two people and found that they did not make much contribution to world peace. Why were they nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize within one month?
The one who nominated Putin was a Russian writer named Komkov. The writer had nominated Putin before, and this time he came again. His reason for nomination was not because Putin loves peace, but simply thinking that Putin is very capable and great. In this way, the writer Komkov is a loyal fan of Putin. He earns face for the emperor like this. I guess he will do a good job in Russia in the future. If the literary world is not easy, he can jump to the political arena to try it.
Trump was nominated by an Norwegian MP on September 9, on the grounds that he promoted the normalization of relations between Israel and the UAE; three days later, a Swedish MP nominated Trump again, on the main reason was that Trump promoted the normalization of relations between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain .
(Israel and the UAE and Bahrain signed a "peace agreement")
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Israel has fought 5 times with Arab world . This is the so-called 5 Middle East wars. After the war, Israel and the Arab world were completely broken. The UAE and Bahrain are members of Arab countries . They have regarded Israel as enemies for many years. Now the three of them have signed a peace agreement on the lawn of the White House. They will never be enemies or friends. This looks really peaceful.
If you look into this matter in depth, you will find that peace has never been Trump's goal. There are many reasons for the birth of this peace agreement. First, the United States and Israel want to unite against Iran, and the joining of the Arab countries is to make the alliance stronger; second, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu can win reputation and increase the support of the Likud group; Bahrain and the UAE can not only obtain assistance from the Gulf powers, but also obtain military protection from the United States; Trump only hopes to gain more votes in the upcoming general election, especially the Jewish votes.
So the politicians of these four countries sit together with ulterior motives and sign a peace agreement, and in theory or on the surface, accidentally created the by-product of "peace". If Trump won the Nobel Peace Prize for this by-product, then the "prize design" of the Peace Prize may collapse, and Nobel's coffin board will be unable to suppress it.
Now let's go back to the issue of nomination. What rules can allow Putin and Trump to be nominated? We have to start with the Nobel Peace Prize judging committee.
(Obama once won the Peace Prize) There are 5 people in the judging board of
Peace Prize. Every year, these 5 people secretly finalize the final winners after closing the door. The five of them collected, organized, studied, discussed and voted, leaving no text or image records throughout the process, did not accept interviews and supervision from the outside world, nor held press conferences, and kept a tight-lipped argument for the reasons for the review. Perhaps this review committee is the most mysterious organization on the earth.
If these 5 people are asked to find the winner of the Peace Prize all over the world, the workload will be too great, so they found a lazy way: send out thousands of invitation letters every year, and ask the person who receives the invitation letter to recommend a candidate for them to choose. These invitation letters are sent to members of parliament, ministers, heads of state, winners of previous peace prizes, scientists, writers of various countries, members of certain international institutions, etc. All those who receive the invitation letter can write down the person they like and send it to Norway.
The Russian writer Komkov, who nominated Putin this time, must have received an invitation letter. Norwegian and Swedish MPs who nominated Trump also have invitation letters. Interestingly, it is not the first time that they nominated these two people, whether it is the Russian writer who nominated Putin or the Norwegian MP who nominated Trump. This spirit of fighting repeatedly is very similar to fans who recommend idols.
Thousands of invitation letters are sent, and the judging committee will receive at least 300 candidates every year, and only one or two people will win the prize in the end. Therefore, the competition faced by Putin and Trump is very cruel, and it is much more difficult than running for president in terms of probability. The five people on the review committee have to select the final winners from more than 300 people every year. The entire selection process lasts about 10 months. It is really harsh to be busy for so long under the expectations and attention of everyone.
(Nobel Peace Prize Awards Site)
Nomination is only the first step of the long journey of winning the prize. After a longer review and voting, the results will be finally produced after layers of filtering, so being nominated is nothing. If you are happy now, you will obviously be a little too happy.
More than 300 people are nominated for the Peace Prize every year. We have never heard of most candidates. From nomination to failure, they have been unknown. Only political bigwigs like Putin or Trump, which have their own traffic, will become a hot search because of a nomination. However, although it is just a nomination, it is an honor at all. After all, the Nobel Peace Prize has the greatest influence among the five prizes left by Nobel.
Why is the Peace Prize the greatest influence? Because peace is very picky, almost all politicians participate in the peace process of mankind, so the Peace Prize is always hopelessly linked to politics. When politics is involved, politicians will involve politicians. When politics is involved, it is likely to involve politicians from various countries. politicians are well-deserved traffic stars, so the Peace Prize has become popular step by step by step by step by these people.
(The front of the Peace Prize medal is Nobel's side face)
Nobel Peace Prize has the greatest influence, but those who have won the prize may not necessarily have anything to do with "peace". Some winners not only fail to be peaceful but also destroy peace. Every time they take away medals and bonuses, it always causes doubts and criticism. The jury does this seriously violate Nobel's will.
Nobel is a Swedish. The will states that he will buy his huge inheritance into securities. On the basis of maintaining the stability of the principal, he will divide the interest and profits into 5 points each year and reward the winners of the 5 awards. Each person will receive about 1 million US dollars. The specific amount depends on the investment income of the Nobel Foundation that year. Four of these five prizes were awarded in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, but the will specifically explain that the Peace Prize must be awarded in Norway. Why did Nobel make this arrangement?
Because in the era when Nobel lived, Norway was more peaceful for various reasons, and always advocated abandoning war and resolving differences through dialogue, and actively supported the work of the International Peace Organization. This moved Nobel, so he explained in his will that the Peace Prize would be handed over to the Norwegian government for award.
(Trump was originally a fan of Putin)
Nobel also has requirements for the winners of the Peace Prize. He hopes that the prize will be awarded to those who "promote the unity and friendship of the nation-state, those who cancel or reduce armaments, those who contribute to the organization and publicity of peace conferences." If you win the winners of the year by this standard, you will find that some people should not win the prize at all. The five people finally chose them. It may be that some of their behaviors touched the five people, or the five people received some lobbying and suggestions.
Whether it is to reduce arms or promote national unity, Putin and Trump did not do it; the peace conferences in Israel, the UAE and Bahrain were organized by Trump, but this "peace conference" is essentially an "alliance conference", and the Middle East may become less peaceful in the future. Although the two of them have no hope of winning the award, it is quite glorious to be nominated. For politicians, they are still quite happy to have something to do with this award.
