With some distance now, María Corina Machado’s decision to hand her Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump reads as a bold and startling act. The Norwegian Nobel Committee’s response—formal, disapproving, quick to school her—feels small by comparison. The contrast is hard to miss: someone acting in the middle of a political struggle and an institution focused on decorum. It highlights the gap between the controlled setting of a prize ceremony and the far messier reality of confronting a dictatorship.

The Nobel Peace Prize carries a reputation for moral authority—but its record is uneven, and often more performative than consequential. The prize often reflects........

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