Why Saudi Arabia Must Be Banned from Hosting the 2034 World Cup: Syria Ties Reveal Deeper Issues
FIFA granted the Saudi Arabian Kingdom hosting rights for the 2034 World Cup despite international criticism of the Kingdom’s continued human rights violations, authoritarianism, and diplomatic leveraging of international forums to whitewash its image—a corruption tactic called “sportswashing.” Saudi Arabia’s new batch of economic alliances—Bashar al-Assad’s Syria included—is revealing the Kingdom’s true agenda: regional dominance, […]