Truly, madly, deeply: Trump’s desire for a Nobel peace prize is driving diplomacy

<p>The US president’s fervid pursuit of the award is believed to have been a key motivator in brokering peace deals in Ukraine and Gaza</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/09/norway-braces-for-trumps-reaction-if-he-does-not-win-nobel-peace-prize">Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize</a></p></li></ul><p>Never before has a Nobel peace prize – or indeed any prize, decoration or gold star – loomed so large over a US president and their foreign policy.</p><p>Since his return to the White House, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump’s</a> campaign to influence the Peace Research Institute Oslo in Norway has been anything but subtle – but with just hours to go before the award is announced, it has gone into overdrive.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/09/trump-nobel-peace-prize">Continue reading...</a>