Sport, Soft Power and Cultural Relations

The contribution of soft power and sports to foreign policy has been an expanding area of research and yet a relative silence exists on the making of effective cultural relations through sport. Revisionist accounts of sport, soft power and diplomacy have provided a refreshing impetus that has enabled sport to have a 21st century voice in national conversations around foreign policy and international relations. An opportunity exists to make the case that sport is part of the essential toolbox for anyone involved in contemporary cultural relations. That sport can contribute to the common good. The purpose of this article is to make such a case. What is cultural relations and why is it needed now as a soft critique of soft power and diplomacy and the role of sport in making the art of the possible, possible?摘要软实力和体育两大要素对于外交政策的贡献向来广为研究, 然而, 通过体育建立有效的文化关系的相关研究却相对鲜少。对体育、软实力和外交的修正主义论述足够提供了一种令人耳目一新的动力, 也使体育在外交政策和国际关系的对话中拥有一定的话语权。这足以证明, , 体育是维系当代文化关系的其中的重要工具。这篇文章的核心要旨在于, 体育可以为公共利益做出贡献。本文探讨什么是文化关系, 为什么需要将体育作为软实力和外交的评鉴要素？体育如何践行使可能的艺术成为可能？