Nobel Prize For Peacemakers and Warmongers, By Owei Lakemfa The Nobel Peace Prize, the most prestigious annual award in the world, suffers from a chronic illness: The inability to define what is peace. ADVERTISEMENT Do not assume that only the peacemakers win. History shows that warmongers also win, depending on the prevalent politics. After all, it is the vote of the majority in the five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee, that decides who wins the prize, and their decision is as infallible as the Papacy. The Nobel Peace Prize, perhaps the most prestigious annual award in the world, suffers from a chronic illness: The inability of the award committee to define what is peace. It is like one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.