Former UN SecGen Kofi Annan just wrapped a breathtakingly cynical press conference in Turkey, insisting his peace plan for Syria is not dead despite new demands from the Assad regime and failure to withdraw from major city centers agreed to in the Annan plan.

Sanctions will not persuade the Assad regime to surrender power, and talk about an embargo on luxury goods is a cruel joke.

Kofi Annan asserts that the Security Council is "the sole source of legitimacy on the use of force"; ifthat claim is unchallenged, its discretion in using force is likely to be inhibited in the future.

The Nobel Peace Prize is the world’s most prestigious award, as Jay Nordlinger argues in this erudite and insightful history. He has written not only the go-to reference book for the prize and its laureates but also an important philosophical reflection on the nature of “peace” in modern times.

Satirical take on Nobel Prize winner Kofi Annan.

Obama's supporters may say America's influence is in decline, but it need not be: Libyans seek U.S. assistance.

We can thank our lucky stars that the president of the United States has yet to mention the UN in our antiterrorist war.