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In this episode, Edem and Jabu are joined by Visiting Professor at Georgetown University in Qatar, Dr. Danyel Reiche, to reflect on Qatar's journey post-FIFA World Cup 2022, critically examining how the tournament has shaped the nation's sports policy and geopolitical. Danyel, who co-authored "Qatar and the World Cup: Politics, Controversy and Change", extensively interrogates the World Cup's impact on Qatar's foreign policy, Saudi Arabia's rapid rise in world sport after the World Cup, and Qatar Investment Authority's investment outlook after 2022, and the country's long-term vision for its deployment of sports diplomacy to enhance its standing in international relations. ---------------

Bóng đá, golf, quyền anh, thậm chí đua xe Công Thức 1, Ả Rập Xê Út chiếm một vị trí ngày càng lớn trong nền thể thao toàn cầu hóa. Với Quỹ Đầu tư trị giá 730 tỷ đô la, đứng hàng thứ 6 trên thế giới, Riyad có những nguồn tài chính dồi dào để mua những gì mà họ muốn. Ngoài phục vụ đối nội, chính sách thể thao của Riyad còn nhằm đánh bóng hình ảnh và gia tăng ảnh hưởng ngoại giao trên trường quốc tế. Mua cầu thủ bóng đá hay mua người gây ảnh hưởng ?Mùa giải bóng đá chuyên nghiệp Saudi Pro League 2022-2023 chỉ thu hút trung bình 9.300 người hâm mộ đến các sân vận động. Nhưng mùa giải 2023-2024, khởi động từ ngày 11/08/2023 có thể sẽ khác hơn. Câu lạc bộ Al Ittihad vừa chi 440 triệu đô la để ký hợp đồng hai năm với danh thủ Pháp Karim Benzema, Quả Bóng Vàng 2022 đến từ Real Madrid và 100 triệu đô la mua N'Golo, trung vệ hàng đầu của đội Chelsea.Danh thủ bốn lần được trao Quả Bóng Vàng, Cristiano Ronaldo, từ Manchester United đến đá cho câu lạc bộ Al Nassr với mức lương mỗi năm là 200 triệu đô la. Hay như đội trưởng Liverpool, Jordan Henderson, cũng đã ký với Al Ettifaq, một đội bóng khác của Ả Rập Xê Út để được trả khoản lương mỗi tuần hơn 810 ngàn euro trong vòng ba năm.Danh sách các ngôi sao bóng đá được Ả Rập Xê Út nhắm đến không chỉ dừng ở đó. Riyad được gì khi đầu tư bạc tỷ trong bóng đá ? Jean-Baptiste Guégan, chuyên gia địa chính trị thể thao trên đài phát thanh RTS khẳng định, Riyad sẽ được « hoàn vốn » trước tiên là về thể thao và sau đó là trên phương diện hình ảnh và danh tiếng.« Việc đón các cầu thủ này đến Ả Rập Xê Út trước hết là nhằm đáp ứng nhu cầu đầu tiên : Làm hài lòng giới trẻ Ả Rập Xê Út và như vậy kích hoạt giải vô địch quốc gia. Mục tiêu thứ hai là biến giải vô địch chuyên nghiệp của đất nước thành một trong mười giải đấu hay nhất thế giới – hiện vẫn chưa được như thế. Nhưng mục đích thật sự ở đây chính là danh tiếng của đất nước. Tham vọng, là làm thế nào để Ả Rập Xê Út có thể kiểm soát được hình ảnh của mình. Cuối cùng, họ không mua các cầu thủ mà là mua những người gây ảnh hưởng, những người này sau đó sẽ trở thành công chức của bộ Thông tin. Họ sẽ là những người quảng bá hình ảnh của Ả Rập Xê Út ở trong nước và nước ngoài. »Đầu tư thể thao: Chính sách « Sportwashing » của Riyad ?Theo tuần báo kinh tế Anh The Economist, những biến đổi này của Pro League chỉ là một phần nhỏ trong nỗ lực thúc đẩy đầu tư trị giá nhiều tỷ đô la của Ả Rập Xê Út vào nền thể thao thế giới. Chương trình này do hoàng thái tử Mohamed Ben Salman, còn được gọi là MBS, đề xướng trong kế hoạch « Tầm nhìn 2030 ».Mục tiêu là nhằm đa dạng hóa nền kinh tế đất nước, giảm bớt sự phụ thuộc vào nguồn thu dầu lửa. Kế hoạch dự trù phát triển nhiều ngành công nghiệp mới, giải phóng nền kinh tế, nhất là cho phép phụ nữ tham dự nhiều hơn vào thị trường lao động.Nhưng những dự án này của MBS đã bị nhiều tổ chức đấu tranh nhân quyền chỉ trích là « hợm hĩnh » và « sportwashing », nghĩa là sử dụng thể thao như một công cụ để « tẩy sạch » tai tiếng đất nước liên quan đến các hành động vi phạm nhân quyền, nhất là sau vụ sát hại dã man nhà báo đối lập Jamal Khashoggi hồi tháng 10/2018.Tuy nhiên, theo giải thích của Danyel Reiche, trường đại học Georgetown ở Qatar với The Economist, tham vọng đầu tư trong thể thao của Ả Rập Xê Út trên thực tế đã có từ ba thập niên. Cuộc đua đầu tư thể thao khởi động từ năm 1993, khi Qatar lần đầu tiên tổ chức giải đấu quần vợt nam ATP World Tour.Chính sách này đã được tăng tốc nhanh hơn nữa từ khi hoàng thái tử Mohamed Ben Salman lên cầm quyền. Đầu tư của Ả Rập Xê Út trong thể thao không chỉ dừng trong bóng đá mà còn mở rộng sang nhiều môn thi đấu khác. Nhà xã hội học thể thao, Carole Gomez, trường đại học Lausanne, Thụy Sĩ, trên đài RTS cho biết, Riyad đã từng bước xây dựng nền chính sách ngoại giao thể thao như thế nào :« Người ta thấy từ năm 2016-2017, nhiều sự kiện thể thao khác nhau đã được tổ chức ở Ả Rập Xê Út hay nhận được đầu tư ở trong nước. Những hoạt động này không chỉ có trong bóng đá : nhiều giải thi đấu quần vợt, đấm bốc hay đấu vật tự do cũng đã được tổ chức. Rồi dần dần, chính sách này được tăng tốc với nỗ lực tiếp quản câu lạc bộ Manchester United năm 2018-2019, mua Newcastle, hay nỗ lực đăng cai Cúp Bóng Đá nam thế giới vào năm 2030. »Golf, F1 : Thương hiệu « cao cấp », hình ảnh « tiến bộ » cho Ryad Ngoài bóng đá, Ả Rập Xê Út của hoàng thái tử MBS còn đặt cược nhiều vào môn đua xe Công tThức (F1). Năm 2021, giải đua xe lớn diễn ra tại đường đua Djeddah. Cũng trong năm 2021 đó, thế giới đánh golf bị chấn động khi Riyad tổ chức một cuộc tranh tài cạnh tranh với hệ thống giải đấu truyền thống của Bắc Mỹ (PGA) và châu Âu khi mua nhiều « cao thủ » đánh golf với giá cao. Cuộc chiến đường đua xanh này cuối cùng đã được giải quyết hồi trung tuần tháng 6/2023 qua việc hợp nhất các giải đấu dưới bảo trợ của Ả Rập Xê Út.Theo nhà địa chính trị Jean-Baptiste Guégan, môn đánh golf là một ví dụ hoàn hảo nhất cho tham vọng đầu tư thể thao của Riyad.« Với năng lực tài chính, Ả Rập Xê Út có thể xây dựng cán cân quyền lực. Họ gần như đã "nuốt chửng" PGA – giải đấu chuyên nghiệp lớn nhất của Mỹ. Sắp tới quý vị sẽ còn trông thấy Ả Rập Xê Út làm tương tự với nhiều môn thể thao khác như quần vợt hay môn bóng gậy (cricket). Nhưng Ả Rập Xê Út sẽ không "đơn độc", bởi vì Các Tiểu Vương Quốc Ả Rập Thống Nhất cũng sẽ đầu tư vào những môn thể thao này. »Vì những lý do gì mà Riyad chi nhiều tiền cho ba môn thể thao chính là bóng đá, đua xe Công thức 1 và đánh golf ? Theo phân tích từ nhà sử học Nicolas Bancel, và cũng là giáo sư trường đại học Lausanne, với đài RTS, chiến lược bóng đá là do tính chất phổ quát : Quả bóng tròn là môn thể thao phổ biến nhất trên toàn thế giới. Còn với F1, môn đua xe này sẽ mang về một hình ảnh tiến bộ.« Công thức 1, ngay cả khi môn thể thao này có bị phản đối do quan điểm sinh thái, chúng vẫn là một chiếc tủ kính trưng bày công nghệ cho những hãng sản xuất xe hơi lớn nhất thế giới. Môn đánh golf, là hình ảnh "uy thế" của một môn thể thao thuần túy phương Tây. Lúc khởi đầu, đây là một môn thể thao "cao cấp", tốn rất nhiều tiền cho những người tham gia. Theo tôi, đây là một phần của chiến lược "cải tạo hình ảnh" mà Ả Rập Xê Út tìm kiếm thông qua loại hình thể thao này. »Cuộc đua đầu tư thể thao trong khu vựcVới những khoản đầu tư to lớn này trong thể thao, Ả Rập Xê Út hy vọng sẽ có được một tác động lan tỏa đến phần còn lại cho nền kinh tế. Một phần của chính sách này là nhằm xây dựng lại một thương hiệu trong một khu vực nổi tiếng với các xung đột tôn giáo, chủ nghĩa cực đoan và chiến tranh.Theo nhận định của Steven Cook, thuộc Hội đồng Quan hệ Đối ngoại, một cơ quan tư vấn ở New York, với The Economist, ý tưởng ở đây là « tốt hơn hết mọi người nên cùng nhau hợp tác vì sự thịnh vượng trong khu vực chứ không nên có xung đột và Ả Rập Xê Út muốn được xem là đi đầu trong lĩnh vực này. »Do vậy, đối với Riyad, đầu tư trong thể thao giờ là một hình thức « quyền lực mềm », một công cụ gây ảnh hưởng « êm dịu » khác. « Quyền lực mềm » trong thể thao mang tính toàn cầu nhiều hơn so với thứ « quyền lực mềm » tôn giáo có tính chất khu vực mà Ả Rập Xê Út thực hiện cho đến lúc này thông qua việc tài trợ xây đền thờ và mở rộng đạo Hồi hệ phái Sunni. Về điểm này, nhà sử học Nicolas Bancel đưa ra hai hướng phân tích :« Trước hết, có một lô-gic cạnh tranh nội bộ trong khu vực với Qatar và cả với Các Tiểu Vương Quốc Ả Rập Thống Nhất, những nước đã có chính sách thể thao từ rất lâu. Thứ hai, tôi nghĩ rằng Ả Rập Xê Út đang đi theo một tiến trình năng động của xu thế đa cực hóa thế giới. Quyền lực mềm bằng thể thao cho phép củng cố hơn nữa lập trường này và tham gia vào sự năng động đó mà không bị gạt sang một bên so với phương Tây ».Phát triển thể thao: Công cụ chính trị đối nộiCuối cùng đầu tư lớn trong thể thao còn vì mục tiêu đối nội. Bộ trưởng Đầu tư Khaled al-Faleh trong một cuộc trả lời phỏng vấn cho kênh truyền hình Mỹ CNBC đã khẳng định « bất kỳ một thể thao nào có người tiêu thụ ở cấp độ quốc gia và toàn cầu, có thể mang lại cơ hội đầu tư cũng như là cải thiện chất lượng cuộc sống tại Ả Rập Xê Út chúng tôi đều quan tâm ».Theo nhà phân tích địa chính trị thể thao Jean-Baptiste Guégan, một chiến lược như vậy chủ yếu nhắm vào giới trẻ Ả Rập Xê Út :« Đó là cơ sở chính trị cho 40 năm tới. Trao cho họ những gì họ muốn còn là một phần khế ước xã hội : "Tôi mang lại cho quý vị sự phát triển, kinh tế, giải trí nhưng chớ nên đòi hỏi tôi dân chủ". Đây còn là một cách đối phó trước một dạng nguy cơ xảy ra các mùa xuân Ả Rập. Điều thứ hai còn có liên quan đến vấn đề y tế. Khoảng 70% dân số là dưới 35 tuổi nhưng có đến 60% người dân là bị quá cân hay trong tình trạng béo phì. Ngày nay, số người chơi thể thao tại Ả Rập Xê Út là chưa tới 10%. Rõ ràng mục tiêu ở đây là mang tính kinh tế : Khuyến khích người dân Ả Rập Xê Út dù là nam hay nữ nên chơi thể thao. Bởi vì, Nhà nước khó thể gánh nổi các chi phí dành cho y tế ngay cả khi Ả Rập Xê Út có phương tiện. »Cuộc phiêu lưu nào cũng có những rủi ro. Ả Rập Xê Út có thể phải đối mặt với những khó khăn do chính mô hình thương mại của nước này gây ra cũng như là những chỉ trích về vấn đề nhân quyền như những gì xảy ra cho Qatar. Kết quả từ những nỗ lực trên của Ả Rập Xê Út hiện vẫn còn quá khiêm tốn. Nhưng có một điều chắc chắn là sự gia nhập của vương quốc này trong đầu tư thể thao đang góp phần cho một sự biến đổi lớn trong nền thể thao thế giới.(Nguồn The Economist, RTS)

In this episode, we turn the tables and interview the podcast host, Dr. Danyel Reiche, Visiting Research Fellow at the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) and Visiting Associate Professor at Georgetown University Qatar where he leads a research initiative on "Building a Legacy: Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022."With Paul Brannagan, he published the book Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup: Politics, Controversy, Change (Palgrave Macmillan 2022), and edited the volume Handbook of Sport in the Middle East (Routledge 2022).Reiche joined Georgetown University Qatar in the summer of 2020. It is the second time he is joining GU, after being a Visiting Assistant Professor at the main campus in Washington D.C. from 2006 to 2007. Dr. Reiche graduated with distinction from Leibniz University in Hannover, Germany. From 2008 to 2020, he was a tenured Associate Professor for Comparative Politics at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Lebanon.Dr. Reiche's past research has focused on two areas: energy as well as sports policy and politics, with the latter his recent priority. Professor Reiche published Success and Failure of Countries at the Olympic Games in 2016 with Routledge. His proposed model to explain sporting success received positive reviews in academic journals and extensive media coverage. For example, CNN host Fareed Zakaria referenced the book in his weekly Washington Post column. Professor Reiche also edited with Tamir Sorek (University of Florida) a volume entitled Sport, Politics and Society in the Middle East, which was published in 2019 with Hurst/Oxford University Press. His peer-reviewed articles have been published both in area study journals (such as International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics and Journal of Energy Policy) and in broader-oriented journals, such as Third World Quarterly or The Middle East Journal. Dr. Reiche is co-founder of the Sports Scholars in Lebanon Network (LESSN) and chair​ of the Political Studies Association's Sport and Politics Study Group.Dr. Reiche has given invited lectures around the world at universities including Harvard University, Princeton University and the University of Cambridge. He has been frequently quoted by major media outlets including ESPN, Financial Times, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and interviewed by podcasts, radio stations, and TV programs including Al Jazeera's Inside Story, CNN, and Sky. He has also written op-ed's for newspapers including The Washington Post and Der Spiegel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, GU-Q professor Danyel Reiche speaks to members of the Georgetown University in Qatar community, including faculty, staff, and students, about their experiences attending live matches at the Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022. Taking part in this episode were GU-Q students Ahmad Al-Kuwari (class of 2023) and Suhaim Al-Thani (class of 2024); Santiago Garcia-Couto (GU-Q Assistant Professor of Economics); Sarah Holt (Student Wellness and Counseling Center program manager); and Robert Laws (Data, Web, and Media Services Librarian). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This year's Fifa World Cup in Qatar has a strong claim to be the most controversial football competition ever. Amid relentless criticism over the nation's human-rights record, has Qatar's soft-power push backfired? Andrew Mueller speaks to Craig Foster, Shaka Hislop, Laura McAllister, Paul Brannagan and Danyel Reiche. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danyel Reiche spoke about his research on the FIFA World Cup 2022 and his book, "Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup: Politics, Controversy, Change."Dr. Danyel Reiche is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) and an Associate Professor at Georgetown University Qatar where he leads a research initiative on the FIFA World Cup 2022. With Paul Brannagan, he published the book Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup: Politics, Controversy, Change, and edited the volume Handbook of Sport in the Middle East. Dr. Reiche graduated with distinction from Leibniz University in Hannover, Germany. From 2008 to 2020, he was a tenured Associate Professor for Comparative Politics at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Lebanon. Dr. Reiche's past research has focused on two areas: energy as well as sports policy and politics, with the latter his recent priority. Professor Reiche published other works such as Success and Failure of Countries at the Olympic Games and edited with Tamir Sorek (University of Florida) a volume entitled Sport, Politics and Society in the Middle East. Dr. Reiche has given invited lectures around the world at universities including Harvard University and the University of Cambridge. He has been frequently quoted by major media outlets including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and interviewed by podcasts, radio stations, and TV programs including Al Jazeera's Inside Story.Created and hosted by Mikey Muhanna, afikraEdited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Tarek Yamani https://www.instagram.com/tarek_yamani/About the afikra Conversations:Our long-form interview series features academics, arts, ‎and media experts who are helping document and/or shape the history and culture of the Arab world through their ‎work. Our hope is that by having the guest share their expertise and story, the community still walks away with newfound curiosity - and maybe some good recommendations about new nerdy rabbit holes to dive into headfirst. ‎Following the interview, there is a moderated town-hall-style Q&A with questions coming from the live virtual audience ‎on Zoom.‎ Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp   FollowYoutube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook - Twitter Support www.afikra.com/supportAbout afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity. Read more about us on  afikra.com

GU-Q professor Danyel Reiche speaks to Abdullah Al-Arian, an Associate Professor of History at Georgetown University in Qatar and editor of CIRS's recently released book “Football in the Middle East,” about the main findings of the publication. Abdullah Al-Arian is an associate professor of History at Georgetown University in Qatar. He received his doctorate in History from Georgetown University, where he wrote his dissertation on the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt during the decade of the 1970s. He received his Master's degree in Sociology of Religion from the London School of Economics and his BA in Political Science from Duke University. He is editor of the "Critical Currents in Islam" page on the Jadaliyya e-zine. He is also a frequent contributor to the Al-Jazeera English network and website. His first book, entitled Answering the Call: Popular Islamic Activism in Sadat's Egypt was published by Oxford University Press in 2014. Professor Al-Arian teaches introductory courses on the history of the Middle East, as well as advanced topics courses covering the history of modern Egypt, Islamic social movements, and the history of US policy towards the Middle East.

This week, we go in search of the woman who created William Brown, beloved outlaw of the suburbs; and take a look at the sporting scene in the Middle East ahead of this winter's men's Fifa World Cup.‘Richmal Crompton, author of Just William: A Literary Life' by Jane McVeigh'Routledge Handbook of Sport in the Middle East', edited by Danyel Reiche and Paul Michael Brannagan'The Business of the Fifa World Cup', edited by Simon Chadwick, Paul Widdop, Christos Anagnostopoulos and Daniel ParnellThis summer we're celebrating the serendipity of second-hand books - let us know your finds by writing to letters@the-tls.co.uk or tweeting us @TheTLSProduced by Charlotte Pardy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Danyel Reiche, tenured associate professor of comparative politics at AUB, has studied for many years the relationship of sports to culture, religion, identity and other issues. He is on leave this year at Georgetown University-Qatar, where he directs the research initiative “Building a Legacy: Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022." He explains how the World Cup impacts different sectors in different ways and at different speeds, including migrant workers' rights, women's status, technological innovations. He also discusses how the boycott of Qatar by some Arab states and the World Cup activities both impacted the country in different ways.

Dr. Amal Mohammed Al-Malki, Founding Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad bin Khalifa University, spoke with Danyel Reiche, Visting Associate Professor at GUQ. In previous podcasts, guests discussed issues related to Qatari female athletes. In today's episode, our scope goes beyond sport and we examine the progress women have made in Qatar prior to the FIFA World Cup 2022 and which challenges remain. Dr. Amal Mohammed Al-Malki is the Founding Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation. Prior to that, she was the Executive Director of the Translation and Interpreting Institute, which she founded in 2011. She also was an Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar where she taught courses in writing composition, postcolonial literature, theories of translation and Islamic feminism. Dr. Al-Malki holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of London-SOAS, where she also earned a Master Degree in English-Arabic Applied Linguistics and Translation.

Danyel Reiche is Visiting Associate Professor at Georgetown University-Qatar. He is on leave from the American University of Beirut (AUB) where he is a tenured Associate Professor of Comparative Politics. He is coeditor of Sport, Politics, and Society in the Middle East (Hurst/Oxford University Press, 2019).

DANYEL REICHE AND TAMIR SOREK Sport, Politics, and Society in the Middle East OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 July 29, 2020 James M. Dorsey Sports scholars Danyel Reiche and Tamir Sorek’s edited volume, Sport, Politics, and Society in the Middle East (Oxford University Press, 2019), makes a significant contribution to what remains a largely understudied, yet critically important segment of Middle Eastern political and social life. It does so by discussing in eleven chapters multiple aspects and consequences of the region’s incestuous relationship between sports and politics. These range from corruption, the role of the private sector, an emphasis on elite sports and projection of the state at the expense of grassroots sports to battles for identity expressed among others in memories to how sports chants in Israel reflect society’s political and social moods as well as it fault lines, the struggle of women to overcome deeply entrenched social modes and how social media helps them with branding. The edited volume is not only an at times ethnographic dive into Middle Eastern sports’ multiple facets but also in many ways a mapping of how much remains to be explored. This is a volume that should attract the attention of anyone who is interested in the Middle East, sports and/or gender issues as well as readers whose focus is a specific country like Turkey, Israel, Palestine or Jordan or a group of nations like the Gulf states. Whatever one’s preference is, Reiche and Sorek have produced a volume rich in texture, insight and breadth that is likely to prompt the reader to think differently about the political and societal importance of Middle Eastern sports. Dr. James M. Dorsey is an award-winning journalist and a senior fellow at Nanyang Technological University’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. He is also a senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Middle East Institute and co-director of the University of Wuerzburg’s Institute of Fan Culture in Germany.

DANYEL REICHE AND TAMIR SOREK Sport, Politics, and Society in the Middle East OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 July 29, 2020 James M. Dorsey Sports scholars Danyel Reiche and Tamir Sorek’s edited volume, Sport, Politics, and Society in the Middle East (Oxford University Press, 2019), makes a significant contribution to what remains a largely understudied, yet critically important segment of Middle Eastern political and social life. It does so by discussing in eleven chapters multiple aspects and consequences of the region’s incestuous relationship between sports and politics. These range from corruption, the role of the private sector, an emphasis on elite sports and projection of the state at the expense of grassroots sports to battles for identity expressed among others in memories to how sports chants in Israel reflect society’s political and social moods as well as it fault lines, the struggle of women to overcome deeply entrenched social modes and how social media helps them with branding. The edited volume is not only an at times ethnographic dive into Middle Eastern sports’ multiple facets but also in many ways a mapping of how much remains to be explored. This is a volume that should attract the attention of anyone who is interested in the Middle East, sports and/or gender issues as well as readers whose focus is a specific country like Turkey, Israel, Palestine or Jordan or a group of nations like the Gulf states. Whatever one’s preference is, Reiche and Sorek have produced a volume rich in texture, insight and breadth that is likely to prompt the reader to think differently about the political and societal importance of Middle Eastern sports. Dr. James M. Dorsey is an award-winning journalist and a senior fellow at Nanyang Technological University’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. He is also a senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Middle East Institute and co-director of the University of Wuerzburg’s Institute of Fan Culture in Germany.

Sports scholars Danyel Reiche and Tamir Sorek’s edited volume, Sport, Politics, and Society in the Middle East (Oxford University Press, 2019), makes a significant contribution to what remains a largely understudied, yet critically important segment of Middle Eastern political and social life. It does so by discussing in eleven chapters multiple aspects and consequences of the region’s incestuous relationship between sports and politics. These range from corruption, the role of the private sector, an emphasis on elite sports and projection of the state at the expense of grassroots sports to battles for identity expressed among others in memories to how sports chants in Israel reflect society’s political and social moods as well as it fault lines, the struggle of women to overcome deeply entrenched social modes and how social media helps them with branding. The edited volume is not only an at times ethnographic dive into Middle Eastern sports’ multiple facets but also in many ways a mapping of how much remains to be explored. This is a volume that should attract the attention of anyone who is interested in the Middle East, sports and/or gender issues as well as readers whose focus is a specific country like Turkey, Israel, Palestine or Jordan or a group of nations like the Gulf states. Whatever one’s preference is, Reiche and Sorek have produced a volume rich in texture, insight and breadth that is likely to prompt the reader to think differently about the political and societal importance of Middle Eastern sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports scholars Danyel Reiche and Tamir Sorek’s edited volume, Sport, Politics, and Society in the Middle East (Oxford University Press, 2019), makes a significant contribution to what remains a largely understudied, yet critically important segment of Middle Eastern political and social life. It does so by discussing in eleven chapters multiple aspects and consequences of the region’s incestuous relationship between sports and politics. These range from corruption, the role of the private sector, an emphasis on elite sports and projection of the state at the expense of grassroots sports to battles for identity expressed among others in memories to how sports chants in Israel reflect society’s political and social moods as well as it fault lines, the struggle of women to overcome deeply entrenched social modes and how social media helps them with branding. The edited volume is not only an at times ethnographic dive into Middle Eastern sports’ multiple facets but also in many ways a mapping of how much remains to be explored. This is a volume that should attract the attention of anyone who is interested in the Middle East, sports and/or gender issues as well as readers whose focus is a specific country like Turkey, Israel, Palestine or Jordan or a group of nations like the Gulf states. Whatever one’s preference is, Reiche and Sorek have produced a volume rich in texture, insight and breadth that is likely to prompt the reader to think differently about the political and societal importance of Middle Eastern sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports scholars Danyel Reiche and Tamir Sorek’s edited volume, Sport, Politics, and Society in the Middle East (Oxford University Press, 2019), makes a significant contribution to what remains a largely understudied, yet critically important segment of Middle Eastern political and social life. It does so by discussing in eleven chapters multiple aspects and consequences of the region’s incestuous relationship between sports and politics. These range from corruption, the role of the private sector, an emphasis on elite sports and projection of the state at the expense of grassroots sports to battles for identity expressed among others in memories to how sports chants in Israel reflect society’s political and social moods as well as it fault lines, the struggle of women to overcome deeply entrenched social modes and how social media helps them with branding. The edited volume is not only an at times ethnographic dive into Middle Eastern sports’ multiple facets but also in many ways a mapping of how much remains to be explored. This is a volume that should attract the attention of anyone who is interested in the Middle East, sports and/or gender issues as well as readers whose focus is a specific country like Turkey, Israel, Palestine or Jordan or a group of nations like the Gulf states. Whatever one’s preference is, Reiche and Sorek have produced a volume rich in texture, insight and breadth that is likely to prompt the reader to think differently about the political and societal importance of Middle Eastern sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports scholars Danyel Reiche and Tamir Sorek's edited volume, Sport, Politics, and Society in the Middle East (Oxford University Press, 2019), makes a significant contribution to what remains a largely understudied, yet critically important segment of Middle Eastern political and social life. It does so by discussing in eleven chapters multiple aspects and consequences of the region's incestuous relationship between sports and politics. These range from corruption, the role of the private sector, an emphasis on elite sports and projection of the state at the expense of grassroots sports to battles for identity expressed among others in memories to how sports chants in Israel reflect society's political and social moods as well as it fault lines, the struggle of women to overcome deeply entrenched social modes and how social media helps them with branding. The edited volume is not only an at times ethnographic dive into Middle Eastern sports' multiple facets but also in many ways a mapping of how much remains to be explored. This is a volume that should attract the attention of anyone who is interested in the Middle East, sports and/or gender issues as well as readers whose focus is a specific country like Turkey, Israel, Palestine or Jordan or a group of nations like the Gulf states. Whatever one's preference is, Reiche and Sorek have produced a volume rich in texture, insight and breadth that is likely to prompt the reader to think differently about the political and societal importance of Middle Eastern sports.

Sports scholars Danyel Reiche and Tamir Sorek’s edited volume, Sport, Politics, and Society in the Middle East (Oxford University Press, 2019), makes a significant contribution to what remains a largely understudied, yet critically important segment of Middle Eastern political and social life. It does so by discussing in eleven chapters multiple aspects and consequences of the region’s incestuous relationship between sports and politics. These range from corruption, the role of the private sector, an emphasis on elite sports and projection of the state at the expense of grassroots sports to battles for identity expressed among others in memories to how sports chants in Israel reflect society’s political and social moods as well as it fault lines, the struggle of women to overcome deeply entrenched social modes and how social media helps them with branding. The edited volume is not only an at times ethnographic dive into Middle Eastern sports’ multiple facets but also in many ways a mapping of how much remains to be explored. This is a volume that should attract the attention of anyone who is interested in the Middle East, sports and/or gender issues as well as readers whose focus is a specific country like Turkey, Israel, Palestine or Jordan or a group of nations like the Gulf states. Whatever one’s preference is, Reiche and Sorek have produced a volume rich in texture, insight and breadth that is likely to prompt the reader to think differently about the political and societal importance of Middle Eastern sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Danyel Reiche, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the American University of Beirut, and the author of Success and Failure of Countries at the Olympic Games (Routedge, 2016) In Success and Failure, Reiche provides a playbook for National Committees that want to win more medals. Reiche’s fascinating work moves beyond the macro level analysis of international sports success to offer concrete policy initiatives for the 21st century. Previous studies have shown that GDP, population size, and even political or cultural ideologies can grant some countries athletic advantages – for example geography plays a large role in determining the winners at the Winter Games – but Reiche illustrates that these factors are not the only ones that matter. Why is Germany so successful at the luge while snowy Sweden seems to unsuccessful. The key to winning medals, Reiche’s WISE formula suggests, lay in (W) investing in female athletes, (I) institutionalization of a nation’s sports management, (S) specialization in specific sports, and the (E) early adoption of new sports or sports practices. In developing his WISE formula, Reiche called upon a wide array of secondary source material as well as his own original research in sports in the Middle East. Along the way, he offers a thorough examination of sports policies, programs, and pitfalls around the world as case studies. His examinations leads us from the institutionalization of sports in Australia to the achievements of the Chinese women’s weight lifting team. Only the United States seems to defy easy categorization. Danyel Reiche’s compelling book should be required reading for sports bureaucrats around the world but will also be of interest to scholars and lay readings fascinated by the Olympic Games. Keith Rathbone is a lecturer at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.  He researches twentieth century French social and cultural history. His manuscript, entitled A Nation in Play: Physical Culture, the State, and Society during France’s Dark Years, 1932-1948, examines physical education and sports in order to better understand civic life under the dual authoritarian systems of the German Occupation and the Vichy Regime.  If you have a title to suggest for this podcast, please contact him at keith.rathbone@mq.edu.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Danyel Reiche, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the American University of Beirut, and the author of Success and Failure of Countries at the Olympic Games (Routedge, 2016) In Success and Failure, Reiche provides a playbook for National Committees that want to win more medals. Reiche’s fascinating work moves beyond the macro level analysis of international sports success to offer concrete policy initiatives for the 21st century. Previous studies have shown that GDP, population size, and even political or cultural ideologies can grant some countries athletic advantages – for example geography plays a large role in determining the winners at the Winter Games – but Reiche illustrates that these factors are not the only ones that matter. Why is Germany so successful at the luge while snowy Sweden seems to unsuccessful. The key to winning medals, Reiche’s WISE formula suggests, lay in (W) investing in female athletes, (I) institutionalization of a nation’s sports management, (S) specialization in specific sports, and the (E) early adoption of new sports or sports practices. In developing his WISE formula, Reiche called upon a wide array of secondary source material as well as his own original research in sports in the Middle East. Along the way, he offers a thorough examination of sports policies, programs, and pitfalls around the world as case studies. His examinations leads us from the institutionalization of sports in Australia to the achievements of the Chinese women’s weight lifting team. Only the United States seems to defy easy categorization. Danyel Reiche’s compelling book should be required reading for sports bureaucrats around the world but will also be of interest to scholars and lay readings fascinated by the Olympic Games. Keith Rathbone is a lecturer at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.  He researches twentieth century French social and cultural history. His manuscript, entitled A Nation in Play: Physical Culture, the State, and Society during France’s Dark Years, 1932-1948, examines physical education and sports in order to better understand civic life under the dual authoritarian systems of the German Occupation and the Vichy Regime.  If you have a title to suggest for this podcast, please contact him at keith.rathbone@mq.edu.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Danyel Reiche, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the American University of Beirut, and the author of Success and Failure of Countries at the Olympic Games (Routedge, 2016) In Success and Failure, Reiche provides a playbook for National Committees that want to win more medals. Reiche’s fascinating work moves beyond the macro level analysis of international sports success to offer concrete policy initiatives for the 21st century. Previous studies have shown that GDP, population size, and even political or cultural ideologies can grant some countries athletic advantages – for example geography plays a large role in determining the winners at the Winter Games – but Reiche illustrates that these factors are not the only ones that matter. Why is Germany so successful at the luge while snowy Sweden seems to unsuccessful. The key to winning medals, Reiche’s WISE formula suggests, lay in (W) investing in female athletes, (I) institutionalization of a nation’s sports management, (S) specialization in specific sports, and the (E) early adoption of new sports or sports practices. In developing his WISE formula, Reiche called upon a wide array of secondary source material as well as his own original research in sports in the Middle East. Along the way, he offers a thorough examination of sports policies, programs, and pitfalls around the world as case studies. His examinations leads us from the institutionalization of sports in Australia to the achievements of the Chinese women’s weight lifting team. Only the United States seems to defy easy categorization. Danyel Reiche’s compelling book should be required reading for sports bureaucrats around the world but will also be of interest to scholars and lay readings fascinated by the Olympic Games. Keith Rathbone is a lecturer at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.  He researches twentieth century French social and cultural history. His manuscript, entitled A Nation in Play: Physical Culture, the State, and Society during France’s Dark Years, 1932-1948, examines physical education and sports in order to better understand civic life under the dual authoritarian systems of the German Occupation and the Vichy Regime.  If you have a title to suggest for this podcast, please contact him at keith.rathbone@mq.edu.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Danyel Reiche, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the American University of Beirut, and the author of Success and Failure of Countries at the Olympic Games (Routedge, 2016) In Success and Failure, Reiche provides a playbook for National Committees that want to win more medals. Reiche’s fascinating work moves beyond the macro level analysis of international sports success to offer concrete policy initiatives for the 21st century. Previous studies have shown that GDP, population size, and even political or cultural ideologies can grant some countries athletic advantages – for example geography plays a large role in determining the winners at the Winter Games – but Reiche illustrates that these factors are not the only ones that matter. Why is Germany so successful at the luge while snowy Sweden seems to unsuccessful. The key to winning medals, Reiche’s WISE formula suggests, lay in (W) investing in female athletes, (I) institutionalization of a nation’s sports management, (S) specialization in specific sports, and the (E) early adoption of new sports or sports practices. In developing his WISE formula, Reiche called upon a wide array of secondary source material as well as his own original research in sports in the Middle East. Along the way, he offers a thorough examination of sports policies, programs, and pitfalls around the world as case studies. His examinations leads us from the institutionalization of sports in Australia to the achievements of the Chinese women’s weight lifting team. Only the United States seems to defy easy categorization. Danyel Reiche’s compelling book should be required reading for sports bureaucrats around the world but will also be of interest to scholars and lay readings fascinated by the Olympic Games. Keith Rathbone is a lecturer at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.  He researches twentieth century French social and cultural history. His manuscript, entitled A Nation in Play: Physical Culture, the State, and Society during France’s Dark Years, 1932-1948, examines physical education and sports in order to better understand civic life under the dual authoritarian systems of the German Occupation and the Vichy Regime.  If you have a title to suggest for this podcast, please contact him at keith.rathbone@mq.edu.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Danyel Reiche, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the American University of Beirut, and the author of Success and Failure of Countries at the Olympic Games (Routedge, 2016) In Success and Failure, Reiche provides a playbook for National Committees that want to win more medals. Reiche’s fascinating work moves beyond the macro level analysis of international sports success to offer concrete policy initiatives for the 21st century. Previous studies have shown that GDP, population size, and even political or cultural ideologies can grant some countries athletic advantages – for example geography plays a large role in determining the winners at the Winter Games – but Reiche illustrates that these factors are not the only ones that matter. Why is Germany so successful at the luge while snowy Sweden seems to unsuccessful. The key to winning medals, Reiche’s WISE formula suggests, lay in (W) investing in female athletes, (I) institutionalization of a nation’s sports management, (S) specialization in specific sports, and the (E) early adoption of new sports or sports practices. In developing his WISE formula, Reiche called upon a wide array of secondary source material as well as his own original research in sports in the Middle East. Along the way, he offers a thorough examination of sports policies, programs, and pitfalls around the world as case studies. His examinations leads us from the institutionalization of sports in Australia to the achievements of the Chinese women’s weight lifting team. Only the United States seems to defy easy categorization. Danyel Reiche’s compelling book should be required reading for sports bureaucrats around the world but will also be of interest to scholars and lay readings fascinated by the Olympic Games. Keith Rathbone is a lecturer at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.  He researches twentieth century French social and cultural history. His manuscript, entitled A Nation in Play: Physical Culture, the State, and Society during France’s Dark Years, 1932-1948, examines physical education and sports in order to better understand civic life under the dual authoritarian systems of the German Occupation and the Vichy Regime.  If you have a title to suggest for this podcast, please contact him at keith.rathbone@mq.edu.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Danyel Reiche, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the American University of Beirut, and the author of Success and Failure of Countries at the Olympic Games (Routedge, 2016) In Success and Failure, Reiche provides a playbook for National Committees that want to win more medals. Reiche’s fascinating work moves beyond the macro level analysis of international sports success to offer concrete policy initiatives for the 21st century. Previous studies have shown that GDP, population size, and even political or cultural ideologies can grant some countries athletic advantages – for example geography plays a large role in determining the winners at the Winter Games – but Reiche illustrates that these factors are not the only ones that matter. Why is Germany so successful at the luge while snowy Sweden seems to unsuccessful. The key to winning medals, Reiche’s WISE formula suggests, lay in (W) investing in female athletes, (I) institutionalization of a nation’s sports management, (S) specialization in specific sports, and the (E) early adoption of new sports or sports practices. In developing his WISE formula, Reiche called upon a wide array of secondary source material as well as his own original research in sports in the Middle East. Along the way, he offers a thorough examination of sports policies, programs, and pitfalls around the world as case studies. His examinations leads us from the institutionalization of sports in Australia to the achievements of the Chinese women’s weight lifting team. Only the United States seems to defy easy categorization. Danyel Reiche’s compelling book should be required reading for sports bureaucrats around the world but will also be of interest to scholars and lay readings fascinated by the Olympic Games. Keith Rathbone is a lecturer at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.  He researches twentieth century French social and cultural history. His manuscript, entitled A Nation in Play: Physical Culture, the State, and Society during France’s Dark Years, 1932-1948, examines physical education and sports in order to better understand civic life under the dual authoritarian systems of the German Occupation and the Vichy Regime.  If you have a title to suggest for this podcast, please contact him at keith.rathbone@mq.edu.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Book Discussion Why Does Lebanon Fail in Sports? by Danyel Reiche , Associate Professor for Comparative Politics, AUB Opening remarks by Hilal Khashan Moderated by Joseph Abi Chahine Panelists: Wadih Abdelnour, Gaby Issa-El-Khoury, Nadim Nassif and Mazen Fawzi Ramadan