Did Barack Obama deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?

President Barack Obama speaks to business leaders at the quarterly meeting of the Business Roundtable in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. credit: ap photo/andrew harnik The world was largely surprised when President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. read more

Barack Obama did not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize yet, as there was nothing of any importance that he had accomplished in that regard yet. It seems to me that the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize should have made some significant contribution to peace in the world. President Obama is working toward that end, but so far has accomplished nothing. read more

Mr Lundestad, writing in his memoir, Secretary of Peace, said even Mr Obama himself had been surprised. "No Nobel Peace Prize ever elicited more attention than the 2009 prize to Barack Obama," Mr Lundestad writes. read more