by Jeffrey A. Rothermel January 18, 2026 Captain's Log: The Mysteries of the Politics of Peace The 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Martin Luther King Jr. nominated Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Nanh for the prize in 1967. Dr. King wrote to the Nobel Institute on January 25, 1967 saying: "... I know Thich Nhat Hanh, and am privileged to call him my friend. Let me share with you some things I know about him. You will find in this single human being an awesome range of a