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How Saudi Arabia’s unchallenged 2034 World Cup bid could weaken Fifa’s human rights demands
5 min read
The Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup has been marred by controversies, such as allegations of bid bribery and human rights issues. With Saudi Arabia poised to host the 2034 edition, advocacy organisations are urging FIFA to ensure concrete, legally binding commitments to safeguard human rights.
Hamas has achieved what it wanted by attacking Israel: Terror, escalation, and disruption to the international order
5 min read
The incursion into Israel was textbook terrorism and the response appears to be exactly as Hamas and its backers will have hoped.
World Cup 2022: Who won the prize for ‘soft power’?
6 min read
Soft power is a powerful foreign policy tool. Three countries, in particular, have made the most of it at this year’s World Cup in Qatar.
A moral vacuum... on either side of the English Channel?
4 min read
On either side of the English Channel, the debate is about a moral vacuum.