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A review essay on books by (1) Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, Imperiet (Oslo: Spartacus [2000], 2005); (2) Michael Hardt and Anotnio Negri, Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire (New York: Penguin [2004], 2005).

Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to the Chinese democracy activist Liu Xiaobo was received well internationally, but also raised a fair amount of criticism. Even if giving the peace prize to a democracy activist is more in line with Alfred Nobel's original intent than giving it to an environmentalist, Mr. Xiaobo is also undermining the Chinese stability and therefore threatening the country's internal peace. Some critics have also argued that the Nobel committee went again after a popular media personality, whose selection is not going to change the direction of a large populous country. Another problem is that the Nobel peace prize committee consists of Norwegian politicians and therefore the award is often seen as an extension of Norwegian foreign policy. L. Pitkaniemi