Why Malala Yousafzai should have won the Nobel Peace Prize

Short-sighted politics prevails once again

Malala Yousafzai
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This morning, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the global watchdog group faced with the daunting task of eliminating chemical weapons in Syria.

The move struck some as premature — especially considering there is no guarantee the group will even be successful in Syria, a country that is still in the middle of a bloody civil war that has killed more than 100,000 people.

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Keith Wagstaff is a staff writer at TheWeek.com covering politics and current events. He has previously written for such publications as TIME, Details, VICE, and the Village Voice.