Heroes of (Sport) Diplomacy
Here is why U.S. Consul at St. Étienne William H. Hunt is my nominee for #sportsdiplomacy hero extraordinaire
Sport Diplomacy + Digital Diplomacy: Part I
A brief rundown of “Sports Diplomacy: A Vision for the Future” confab on what happens when the sports diplomacy world collides with the digital diplomacy one.
When Sport Meets Diplomacy and Governance
Where does sport fit into diplomacy and governance? This terrific question brought me to London for four days of meetings, presentations, roundtables, and informal discussions at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS. And resulted in fantastic onwards questions and ideas.
The Power of Sports: Super Bowl Edition
As you’re getting ready for today’s Super Bowl spectacle, it’s a good time to recall that #EverythingHasAHistory. Including American football which, as Ben Halls at VICE Sports reminds us, is a much closer cousin to rugby than many Americans likely realize. In fact, the changes that occurred as American football developed in the late nineteenth century leads to one of the earliest, surprising, and fascinating stories of transatlantic influences in French sport.