Opinion series: The history and politics of the Olympic Games
The Paris Olympics are underway. Explore the history and geopolitics of the Games.
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Ian Hurd and Sadie Barlow: As in 1936, war is not enough to exclude a nation from the Olympic Games
Geopolitics will be back on the front pages when the Paris Games open amid war in Ukraine and in Gaza.
Ian Hurd and Sadie Barlow: At the Olympics, must it be men versus women?
Every Olympic sport tries to regulate the boundary between men and women — and keeping up the distinction is a tremendous amount of work.
Ian Hurd and Sadie Barlow: The Swiss tax code and global machinery bring you the Olympic Games
When the Olympics begin, the events on TV are the conjunction of three sets of organizations. The IOC is the heart of it all.