Zheng Yi Sao: The Pirate Queen Who Brought British and Portuguese to Knees
This is the first in a 5-part weekly essay series – Veiled Valour: The Forgotten Women of Warfare. The story
Read moreThis is the first in a 5-part weekly essay series – Veiled Valour: The Forgotten Women of Warfare. The story
Read moreThe ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar once again highlights the importance of sports in foreign relations. Sports, over the years, have helped unite nation-states with opposing ideologies. Diplomacy through sports harnesses soft power in geopolitics. Major sporting events like the Dynamo Moscow Football Tour after WWII stands as a testament to two rival countries coming together to settle their indifferences through the means of sport. The ping-pong game between China and the US helped end two decades of animosity between Sino-US relations. In recent years, sports diplomacy has been used to promote legitimate means of peace and development infrastructure in countries while hosting major sporting events. A country with a strategy of sports diplomacy will benefit in economic development and will leave a positive impact.
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