World Cup – The Diplomatic Envoy

2022

November 7, 2022November 6, 2022 Kevin Arango

The Qatar World Cup Stands to Dictate FIFA’s Future

With less than a month until the start of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, FIFA is facing yet another scandal in the already troubled planning of the tournament, threatening to shift how the public views the organization. The Tunisian Football Federation (TFF) was recently accused of breaching FIFA’s bylaws on third-party involvement, according to Al Jazeera.

February 14, 2022September 1, 2022 Sergei C. Valenzuela

FOCUS on Sports Geopolitics: The Qatar World Cup

The 2022 World Cup will be held in Qatar, an oil-rich Persian Gulf country eager to showcase its stadiums and landmarks as the first Arab nation to hold the tournament. Despite its wealthy aesthetic, human rights organizations and journalists have discovered via whistleblowers that Qatari authorities have overlooked human rights abuses of migrant workers brought to construct facilities for the event.