Can 2017's Nobel peace prize winner improve on past recipients?

Pro-Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi sits at the window of her residence during an interview in Rangoon, Burma.

Source: AP

With the recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize due to be announced next week (Oct 6), the controversies that swirled around former winners have resurfaced. Some have been accused of human rights abuses, others of going on to either start or escalate wars.



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