Of the awarded 105 Nobel Peace Prices, eight have recognized individuals for their roles in ending wars.
These include Theodore Roosevelt for the mediation of peace in the Russo-Japanese war; Woodrow Wilson for his role in the Peace Agreement after World War I; Léon Bourgeois for his role in the implementation of the League of Nations Treaty to end the World War of World War; Austen Chamberlain and Charles Dawes for their role in the Dawes plan, which prevented renewed conflict in Europe; Henry Kissinger for his role in securing a ceasefire in Vietnam; Menachem begins and Anwar Sadat to negotiate peace between Egypt and Israel; And John Hume and David Trimble for their role in the peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland.
Yes, these prices specifically honor Layreates whose actions directly stopped ongoing wars. These eight prizes represent approx. 7.6% of all peace prices – and of the 111 individual winners these 10 individuals draw approx. 9.0%.
Remember, Menachem begins and Anwar Sadat was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize from 1978 to negotiate a treaty formally ending the war between Egypt and Israel.
By 2020, President Trump achieved a comparable breakthrough by normalizing diplomatic, economic and security conditions between Israel and four Arab nations: UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan.
Remember, Chamberlain’s 1925 Nobel to prevent hostilities after WWI. By 2020, President Trump Washington and Kosovo relieved that de-scaling ethnic tensions were simmering since the Kosovo war in 1999, killing 13,000 and displacing 1.5 million.
Remember Woodrow Wilson’s Nobel Peace Prize from 1919 to end World War I’s carnage.
In 2020, the Trump-led Doha Agreement with the Taliban paved the way for the full American withdrawal from Afghanistan, which formally ended the 20-year-old war.
In May 2025, the United States-broken ceasefire defined by President Trump-a nuclear disaster during the escalating Pakistan-India crisis, stopping four days of intense air strikes and shelling that had raised global alarms.
In June 2025, Trump conveyed a landmark peace agreement in Washington, signed by Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and promised to end three decades of brutal conflict.
In July 2025, President Trump’s threat of introducing 36% trading rares in Thailand and Cambodia spurred both nations to declare a ceasefire, stopping five days of deadly border clashes resulting in over 40 deaths and displaced hundreds of thousands.
In August 2025, Trump hosted leaders in Armenia and Azerbaijan, signing a Trump-broken joint statement to resolve the decades long Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
These feats votes four urgent questions: First, President Trump has a portfolio of peace -broken triumphs competing with the legacy of former Nobel Peace Prize winners? Secondly, historical precedent is in line with Trump’s unconventional approach?
Thirdly, has Trump really averted millions of potential loss-without doubt to surpass unambiguous results such as Theodore Roosevelt’s dissemination of the Russo-Japanese war? Fourth has not Trump’s role in resolving eight major conflicts between 2020 and 2025 surpassed the raw number of war-ending nobels, which was awarded in the a total of 124-year history?
With the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize Message threatening on October 10, these are not just academic queries. They will act as a lacquer test for how the Norwegian Nobel Committee balances mediation with high efforts against geopolitical optics, personal controversy and the award develops ethos.
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