The Fukushima Disaster and the Tokyo Olympics Published: 24 September 2020 Commentary Nine years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, fundamental issues remain unresolved. Many domestic critics saw the Olympics as a ploy to distract from the nuclear disaster. Should a country with an ongoing nuclear disaster be hosting these games? By Koide Hiroaki
Momentum Movement: Is there a bright future for the new Hungarian youth party? Published: 11 April 2017 A new opposition party established in Hungary: Momentum Movement, a youth party formed by mostly 25-to-35-year-old university graduates. Is it merely a moment or the inception of a long-lasting political force in Hungary? By Áron Varga
Let’s hear it for fringe sports Published: 26 October 2016 Game over. The Rio Olympics gave us many things: sexist reporting, burkinis and bikinis, forced outings. But it was above all a celebration of the fringiest of the fringe – here’s a recap from a queer feminist perspective. By Azada Hassany and Susanne Diehr
Rio 2016: The exclusion games Published: 30 July 2016 With the Olympics Rios city limits are shifted: Instead of fostering the wealth of the population, the municipality opens the way for speculation in real estate. By Renato Cosentino
Jumping hurdles: women in sports spectacle Published: 26 July 2016 The participation of 4,675 female athletes in the 2012 Olympics – about 45 per cent of all athletes – was a milestone on the way to gender equality. By Nelma Gusmão de Oliveira
Marketing and Promotion, instead of Transparency for the Games Published: 26 July 2016 In spite of the maxim transparency and laws requiring free access to information the municipality of Rio de Janeiro owns a lot of information on the Olympic Games. By Italo Nogueira
Editorial: Behind the Rio Games Published: 25 July 2016 Barbara Unmüßig correlates the Olympics with Brazil’s institutional, political and economic crisis. Did the organizers learn a lesson from the World Cup in 2014? By Barbara Unmüßig
