Today, as the world is gripped by growing anxiety and international institutions lose public trust, it is more important than ever not merely to analyze threats but to value the efforts of those who act proactively. We have entered an era in which true distinction lies not in loud proclamations, but in the willingness to take unpopular yet fateful decisions.
For many years the Nobel Peace Prize remained a symbol of recognition for outstanding contributions to peace and human solidarity. In recent years, however, it has become hostage to political expediency and is often awarded more as a gesture than as a deep assessment of genuine achievements. This is alarming, for a prize that claims to be a moral compass cannot afford to lose its precision.
Perhaps the time has come to offer the world a different form of international recognition—an award given not by the calendar, but by conscience. Not annually, but whenever actions truly shape the course of history and safeguard the very possibility of a future.
Regardless of political sympathies, U.S. President Donald Trump has already shown an ability to take decisive steps in the world’s most volatile regions. Everyone agrees that the Abraham Accords opened the path to normalization between Israel and Arab states, and we are now discussing the possible integration of countries such as Syria and Saudi Arabia into this process. These are not declarations—they are actions that have changed reality.
President Trump has played an important role in reducing tension between India and Pakistan, as well as in shaping a policy of deterrence toward Iran, whose nuclear program had rightly alarmed the international community. Recent events only confirm how timely and necessary those measures were.
Another tragic challenge remains on the agenda—the need to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. This conflict has cost tens of thousands of lives, and its destruction threatens not only the region but the very notion of international stability. Unfortunately, there are forces interested in prolonging the war. That is why fresh, unconventional, and courageous initiatives capable of changing the trajectory and giving the world a chance at recovery are so urgently needed.
Creating a new international award is not an attempt to replace the Nobel Prize; it is a call to rethink the very concept of recognition. We need an award that speaks not of political advantage but of historical responsibility—one that stands as a true token of gratitude to those who, risking reputation and comfort, swim against the current for the sake of peace.
We must not forget that gratitude itself is a form of action—and perhaps today it is one of the most vital.
