2024-07-21 06:00:04
Every four years, the Soccer World Cup and the Olympic Games are the two most publicized international sporting events. Every country sends athletes to the Olympics. These are the most visible and famous events on the planet. But it’s not just about sports competitions. At a time when the world is erasing national identities, sports competitions are restoring them.
During the Olympic Games, the strength of countries is measured by the number of medals. We are at full capacity. Representing a country through a sports competition is much more visible and cohesive than a diplomatic mission to the UN. Membership of the International Olympic Committee is as important as that of international organizations. Major sporting events have become weapons of mass seduction.
In 2014, Russia used the Sochi Winter Games to showcase its return to international prominence. In the same year, he annexed Crimea. For the Paris Games, Moscow has been suspended by the IOC, but Russian athletes can participate in the events as individuals, under the neutral flag. From the Berlin Olympics in 1936 to the World Cup in Qatar, sporting events are fraught with political issues. How did sport become a global strategic tool?
Guests:
- Carole Gomez, graduate assistant at the University of Lausanne in the sociology of sport.
- Pascal Boniface, Director of Iris, Institute of International and Strategic Relations. “The world of the games”, the geopolitical history of the Olympic Games explained in pictures.
- Kevin Veyssiere, founder of FC Geopolitics, popular media geopolitics and sports. ” Geolympics. The great geopolitical history of the Olympics », Max Milo edition.
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