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.

Did President Obama deserve the prize? If it is to recognize a record of accomplishment, then he does not.

There are several mistakes being made in Venezuela that prevent it from being a liberated and prosperous nation.

How applicable is this model of indigenous regime change supported by an international coalition with the United States in a supporting role to future efforts to prevent atrocities?

The temptation to plunder the F-35 budget is overwhelming. But preserving the program is essential for America’s defense for the foreseeable future.

Is it too audacious to hope that Obama's assertion that "evil does exist in the world" and his emphasis on human rights signal a U-turn in a foreign policy?

While most of Europe--from Italy and France to Bulgaria and Slovakia--gets at least some of its gas from Russia, there still is not a true, unified European Unionenergy policy.

Americans work more than Europeans, but they are not unhappierbecause ofit.