Good sports diplomacy programs?

[eugeniok]

What schools, if any, have good sports diplomacy programs? As far as I'm concerned, I don't see any school offering any courses in sports and its impact in the IR world. I do see a graduate of Fletcher having written a thesis on a similar topic but that's about it. Any ideas?

[Cornell07]

What a fabulously interesting idea!

It makes me think of this Financial Times article I ran across a few weeks ago: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b873413a-51ea ... abdc0.html

[NadirLineage]

I read recently about Northeastern University's "Sport in Society Center." It's not exactly IR related, but I thought you might be interested.

http://www.northeastern.edu/sportinsoci ... index.html

There's also an article that incorporates that office and Obama's recent formation of the "Office of Olympic, Paralympic and Youth Sport."

http://www.northeastern.edu/news/storie ... ciety.html

[zourah]

What a fabulously interesting idea!

It makes me think of this Financial Times article I ran across a few weeks ago: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b873413a-51ea ... abdc0.html

A game in which they managed a stunning 1-1 tie that left John Stewart wailing about how much soccer sucks, then followed with four players "retiring" for their show of support for Mousavi and the opposition. Not sure that ended up being the best example after all...