Gorenburg: Sochi’s Security Measures for Counterterrorism and Crowd Control
(The Verge) The Sochi Winter Games are already the most expensive Olympics on record, and they're shaping up to be the most watched, as well — not by spectators or…
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New Policy Memo: The Politics of Sports Mega-Events in Russia: Kazan, Sochi, and Beyond
One of the most visible aspects of Russia’s path to globalization is the country’s hosting of large international sporting events. In July 2013, Kazan hosted the World Student Games (the…
Sports and Olympian Politics
Perhaps, the most striking paradox of the London Olympic Games is that in spite of the much-discussed commercialization they leave much space for politics. For Britain, the Games bear…