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Soft Power Played On The Hardwood: United States Diplomacy Through Basketball, Joseph Bertka Eyen Jan 2015

Soft Power Played On The Hardwood: United States Diplomacy Through Basketball, Joseph Bertka Eyen

Pitzer Senior Theses

This thesis demonstrates the importance of basketball as a form of soft power and a diplomatic asset to better achieve American foreign policy, which is defined and referred to as basketball diplomacy. Basketball diplomacy is also a lens to observe the evolution of American power from 1893 through present day. Basketball connects and permeates foreign cultures and effectively disseminates American influence unlike any other form of soft power, which is most powerfully illustrated by the United States’ basketball relationship with China. American basketball diplomacy will become stronger and connect with more countries with greater influence, and exist without relevant competition, …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 63, No. 29, Wku Student Affairs Dec 1987

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 63, No. 29, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

  • Duff, Jill. Bill Schilling Under Eye of Watchdog Committee – Student Government Association
  • Stevenson, Cindy. Vandalism, Repairs Add to Shuttle Cost
  • Wendell Strode Named Regent
  • Harris, Carla. Cola Company Founder Gives Campus a Jolt Before Finals – C.J. Rapp, Jolt Cola
  • Hoppes, Lynn. Kern Alexander Not Seeking Virginia Tech Job
  • White, Douglas. Legislators Discuss Education Budget
  • Western Must Learn From Mistakes for New Basketball Tourney
  • Barry, Julia. Editorial Cartoon – Kern Alexander Sponsor of Wendy’s Classic
  • Seeger, Ronald. Building Heat a Problem
  • Fogle, William. Fogle …