YDS 2021 in Review
2021 is an anthology of articles, photo essays and opinions of students in international relations. With a year full of decade-defining events across the globe, this anthology is a must-read to reflect upon the year that was 2021. This anthology was created by Young Diplomats Society. For more information, please visit our website www.theyoungdiplomats.com.
2021 is an anthology of articles, photo essays and opinions of students in international relations. With a year full of decade-defining events across the globe, this anthology is a must-read to reflect upon the year that was 2021.
This anthology was created by Young Diplomats Society. For more information, please visit our website www.theyoungdiplomats.com.
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As the fallout from the crisis
continues, many have begun to ask if
Prime Minister Ahmed was awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize prematurely?
In 2019, Ahmed was awarded the
prestigious prize "for his efforts to
achieve peace and international
cooperation”. Two years on, the same
man is accused of utilising his nations
military to commit brutal acts of
violence against the Tigrayan people,
with the scale of the violence
witnessed so brutal, some experts
have considered it a possible
precursor to genocide and ethnic
cleansing.
This is not the first instance in which
recipients of the prize, supposed
promoters of peace, are then seen to
become carriers of violence. This
phenomenon has become so
prevalent that it even has a name; the
Nobel Peace Prize curse.
T H E
P R E M A T U R E
P E A C E
P R I Z E
It happened first with the currently
exiled de facto leader of Myanmar,
Aung San Suu Kyi.
The charismatic leader won the peace
prize in 1991, being heralded a
defender of democracy and promoter
of universal freedom in the face of
adversity and government repression.
Her stance, however, as a Burmese
nationalist and a fundamentalist has
over time been revealed. Suu Kyi
remains complicit in the persecution of
the Rohingya minority, with no clear
will to prevent the human rights abuses
committed against the Rohingya
people, even when she has had the
authority to do so.
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