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Lawfare Live

Lawfare Live: The Role of the 2022 Olympics in Chinese Politics

Katherine Pompilio Wed, Feb 9, 2022, 10:30 AM

Join us Friday at 11 a.m. when we are joined by Professor Julian Ku of Hofstra University School of Law and Victor Cha, vice dean and D.S. Song professor of Government at Georgetown University, to discuss the controversy surrounding the 2022 Winter Olympic Games and related policy questions.

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Foreign Policy Essay

What’s ‘Politicizing’ the 2022 Winter Olympics?

Victor Cha Wed, Feb 2, 2022, 9:46 AM

Chinese officials claim the U.S. diplomatic boycott is politicizing the games, but the Olympics have always been political.

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Asia Pacific

Hard Olympic Security Choices: What to Watch for in Pyeongchang

Shannon Togawa Mercer Fri, Feb 9, 2018, 1:46 PM

The Olympic games are more than just sport.

The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea have begun. For two weeks, athletes from around the world will careen down mountains and glide on mirror-perfect ice. But as always, global politics–and the military and security threats behind those politics–lie just beneath the sporting surface.

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