The Sochi Winter Olympics and Russia's unique soft power strategy

According to Joseph Nye, who coined the concept of 'soft power', Putin 'failed to capitalize on the soft-power boost afforded to Russia by hosting the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi' . With political volatility in the region throughout the year, Russia's ensuing actions...

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Published in:Sport in society 2017-04, Vol.20 (4), p.461-475
Main Authors: Grix, Jonathan, Kramareva, Nina
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