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.

President Obama's speech in Oslo makes sound arguments about the need to use force at times for the purpose of maintaining peace. The problem is, his examples are either simply wrong or, at best, dubious.

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?

Despite impressive attainments at a young age, President Obama has done little yet to earn the Nobel Peace Prize and should perhaps accept it on behalf of the men and women of the U.S. military.

Obama should send the mother of a fallen soldier to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of all the American service men and women who are the true peacekeepers.

The present Palestinian leadership is inconsistent with the hopes of those Israelis who believed that Oslo offered a reasonable prospect of peace.

For the last seven years, the Oslo "peace" process has eclipsed all other regional priorities and blocked the formulation of any other regional strategies. A half-year ago, it seemed as if this process was on the verge of bringing about a number of peace treaties. Now, general fighting resembling...

President Obama's acceptance speech indulged the ulterior motives behind the Nobel committee's awarding him the Peace Prize.