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Sports Diplomacy. Can Sepp Blatter bring unity to a fractious FIFA?

... to link geopolitical issues with football and disrupt FIFA's business model, which they claim remains a cesspool of corruption and bribery. Petro Poroshenko, the pro-Washington president of Ukraine, is calling for a boycott of the FIFA 2018 Russia World Cup. The move is reminiscent of U.S. President Jimmy Carter's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, in which he also used food as a political weapon. FIFA claims it earned an overall gross profit of $2.6 billion on the ...

04.04.2015

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FIFA, sports diplomacy and the Bout connection

... investigation after the World Cup ends in July. Snowden’s one year permit to stay in Russia expires in August. Although the idea of a Bout for Snowden trade boots the ratings... ... reputation continues to be synonymous with corruption. That’s a tough challenge for sports diplomacy and sports marketers to overcome. The tectonic plates of geopolitics... ... will intersect in the next few months in the real world and in the virtual world of social media and digital diplomacy that thrives on the internet. For those who posit...

31.03.2014

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Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)