Investing in the Game: Is it Sportswashing?

Panelists discuss the unprecedented investment in international sports by Gulf nations, the phenomenon of “sportswashing” in the region, and the political, economic, and human rights implications of those campaigns. Speakers Sarah Yager Washington Director, Human Rights Watch; CFR Member Karen E. Young Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University; Non-resident Senior Fellow and Chair of the Economics and Energy Program Advisory Council, Middle East Institute; CFR Member Presider Elise Labott Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Zivvy News; CFR Member Subscribe to our channel: https://goo.gl/WCYsH7 The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher. Visit the CFR website: http://www.cfr.org Follow CFR on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cfr_org Follow CFR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/councilonforeignrelations/