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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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September 29, 2023
Human Rights
Women This Week: French Athletes Prohibited from Playing in Hijab for 2024 Olympic Games
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers September 23 to September 29.
February 1, 2022
China
The Games Nobody Wants: How the Winter Olympics Became a Headache for China
The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing were supposed to be a triumph for the Chinese government. But the COVID-19 pandemic and diplomatic boycotts have hampered its plans.
February 18, 2014
Russia
A Nigerian in the Winter Olympics?
For an inspiring if also heartbreaking story, check out Drew Hinshaw’s Wall Street Journal piece on Seun Adebiyi, a Nigerian with a Yale law degree, and Wall Street experience who tried to qualify fo…
August 5, 2021
Women and Women's Rights
Women This Week: Gender Equality at the Summer Olympic Games
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers July 26 to August 2.
January 16, 2018
South Korea
The Winter Olympics and the Paradox of South Korea’s Global Reach and Its Regional Constraint
The war of words between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un in recent months has virtually drowned out the voice of South Korea, which has an existential stake in the avoidance of full-blown conflict on th…
