Fighting A 60-year Old Demon

CNN:

The U.N. nuclear watchdog and its head, Mohamed ElBaradei, won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their efforts to limit the spread of atomic weapons.

ElBaradei told CNN he was "overwhelmed." He said it was "a shot in the arm" for his agency and would strengthen its resolve in dealing with major issues like North Korea and Iran.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee picked the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and ElBaradei, an Egyptian, from a record field of 199 candidates.

It praised ElBaradei as an "unafraid advocate" of measures to strengthen non-proliferation efforts.
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El Baradei and the IAEA were among the favorites for this year's award, which comes 60 years after the U.S. atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

Excellent choice, and illustrates an important aspect of working for peace that a lot of people miss: the same concepts of biodiversity and security in depth that we talk about in the context of infosec and national security can be applied to peaceful conflict resolution strategies.  Nuclear non-proliferation is one vital component to building a more peaceful world. 

Invading sovereign nations, threatening budding nuclear states, developing new types of nukes for our arsenal?  Not so helpful.

ntodd

[Update: what a shock that wingers aren't too happy about the selection.  Note: it's not the Nobel Peace Prize for Warmongering, you dorks.]