The Ambassador’s best friend? Football as a geopolitical tool, ft. Arthur Snell

THE FOOTPOL PODCAST

As the world game, how do diplomats relate to football? And how is football being used by states around the world to advance their global interests and influence? To discuss these questions, co-hosts Guy and Francesco talk to former British diplomat and now geopolitical commentator, Arthur Snell, about his experience of working for the UK Foreign Office in Nigeria, Trinidad & Tobago and other countries, and  whether the beautiful game played a role in his diplomatic career. Arthur also explains how football is central to Britain's soft power, which English team is surprisingly popular in Iraq and how football found its way into his podcast, Between the Lines and book, How Britain Broke the World, published by Canbury Press.

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