Sport and Diplomacy

J. Simon Rofe is Reader in Diplomatic and International Studies in the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD) at SOAS University of London

• Introduction: Establishing the field of play – J. Simon Rofe Part I: Concepts and History 1. The governance of sport in deeply divided societies: Actors and institutions in Bosnia, Cyprus and Northern Ireland - Laurence Cooley 2. Can sport contribute to the mission success of military Peace Support Operations? - Alexander Cárdenas and Sibylle Lang3. Diplomatic actors in the world of football (Soccer): Individuals, institutions, ideologies - Alan Tomlinson 4. Mega sports events as political tools: A case study of South Africa’s hosting of the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup - Suzanne DowsePart II: Public Diplomacy 5. Contesting independence: Colonial cultures of sport and diplomacy in Afghanistan, 1919-1949 - Maximillian Drephal6. Friendship is solidarity: The Chinese ping pong team visits Africa in 1962 - Amanda Shuman 7. Barnstorming Frenchmen: The impact of Paris Université Club’s U.S. tours and the individual in sports diplomacy - Lindsay Krasnoff 8. Football, diplomacy and Australia in the Asian century - David Rowe Part III: ‘No Sport ‘as Diplomacy 9. Boycott and Diplomacy: When the talking stops - Carol Gomez10. ‘Chinese rings’: The United States, the two Chinas and the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Olympics - Rachel Vaughan11. Decentring US sports diplomacy: The 1980 Moscow boycott through contemporary Asian-African perspectives - Joe Eaton12. They used Americana, all painted and polished, to make the enormous impressions they did: Selling the Reagan Revolution through the 1984 Olympic Games - Umberto TulliConclusion: Post-match recovery and analysis - Aaron Beacom and J. Simon RofeIndex

‘Sport and Diplomacy deepens insights into the interplay of the sporting world and world politics, making a convincing case for the efficacy of soft power. The global coverage highlights Asia, Europe, and North America, remarkably providing, in one volume, studies of sports in Afghanistan before World War II, a few on China during the Cold War, the Reagan revolution, and French club sports, among others. Individual chapters address sports as a diplomatic weapon or tool, and the transnational as well as state-centered, public perspective on sports. This collection adds a conceptual section that truly advances the field of sports history, and embeds it theoretically in diplomatic history.’Thomas W. Zeiler, Professor of History, University of Colorado Boulder and author of Ambassadors in Pinstripes