Sports Diplomacy and International Relations: A case study for the Winter Olympic Games of Pyeongchang 2018 and the Public relations between North Korea and South Korea
Μεταπτυχιακή διπλωματική εργασία
Συγγραφέας
Villalpando Moreno, Laura Monica
Ημερομηνία
2021Επιβλέπων
Χατζηγιάννη, ΕυθαλίαΘεματική επικεφαλίδα
Diplomacy - Social aspects ; Diplomacy - Case studies ; Diplomacy and foreign policy ; International relations - Case studies ; Olympics ; Διπλωματία - Κοινωνικές απόψεις ; Διπλωματία - Περιπτωσιολογικές μελέτες ; Διπλωματία και εξωτερική πολιτική ; Διεθνείς σχέσεις - Περιπτωσιολογικές μελέτες ; Ολυμπιακοί αγώνεςΛέξεις κλειδιά
Diplomacy ; International relations ; Sports ; Olympic Games ; Korean peninsulaΠερίληψη
Sports diplomacy as a tool for soft diplomacy within the international scenario has shown
to be able to enhance relations between States by using sports events as non-official
venues for political and international leaders.
Within the Olympic Games, some cases of sports diplomacy can be found and as the best
example is the well-known Ping-Pong diplomacy.
This thesis reviews the use of sports diplomacy during the Winter Olympic Games of
Pyeongchang 2018, and how the sports event was a tool that contributed to the
forthcoming talks between South Korea and North Korea after years of zero relation.