The Olympic System: Toward a Geopolitical Approach

3.2  Attendance at the Games, from Recognition to Expression  

of Soft Power 

45

Since the end of the Second World War, the Games have continued to welcome 

new countries, demonstrating their global appeal. The visibility they offer is far 

42  P. Collomb, “Sport et État,” 

Pouvoirs

 61 (1992).

43  A. Gounot, “Sport réformiste ou sport révolutionnaire? Les débuts des internationales sportives  

ouvrières,” in 

Les origines du sport ouvrier en Europe

, ed. P. Arnaud (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1994).

44  September 2008 visit to Armenia by Turkey’s President Abdullah Gül, during the Armenia-Turkey quali-

fying match for the 2010 World Cup, which revived diplomatic relations suspended since 1993. In 

September 2009, the two countries decided to reestablish diplomatic relations.

45  J.S. Nye, Jr., 

Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics

 (PublicAffairs, 2004), 208.

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