Featuring Sarah Leah Whitson, Sunjeev Bery, Joey Shea, & Ben Freeman

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Today @ 10 AM ET: The Perils of Sportswashing & Greenwashing for U.S. Foreign Policy
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Authoritarian regimes are increasingly turning towards sports & green energy to launder their reputations abroad. They have hosted a number of major international sporting events, including the Olympics and the World Cup, and have made sizable investments in international sports – including soccer, Formula 1 racing, and golf – in what has been dubbed “sportswashing”. Authoritarian regimes have also ramped up marketing of their regimes’ environmental sustainability initiatives, while minimizing their actual deleterious impacts on the environment. Perhaps the most egregious example of this “greenwashing” is the United Arab Emirates – whose economy is driven by fossil fuels – currently hosting the COP 28 Climate Change Conference.

December 2023

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Join us for a timely and important discussion with:

Sarah Leah Whitson

Sarah Leah Whitson is the Executive Director of Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN). Previously, she served as executive director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa Division from 2004 – 2020, overseeing the work of the division in 19 countries, with staff located in 10 countries.

Sunjeev Bery

Sunjeev Bery serves as director of Freedom Forward. Previously, Bery served as advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) at Amnesty International USA, where he lobbied U.S. officials, diplomats, and officeholders regarding human rights concerns across the MENA region, and as a regional director for the American Civil Liberties Union.

Joey Shea

Joey Shea is a researcher in the Middle East and North Africa Division investigating human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, Shea was a non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute focusing on the human rights impact of technology across the Middle East and North Africa.

Ben Freeman (Moderator)

Ben Freeman is Director of the Democratizing Foreign Policy program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. His work focuses on how foreign governments seek to influence American government and politics. This work builds upon his book, "The Foreign Policy Auction", which was the first book to systematically analyze the foreign influence industry in the U.S.

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