Only a better understanding of what drives doping can improve enforcement. To do so, we must break with the perception of doping as an individual or moral problem.
In the future, will Turkey be a little, or a lot, democratic?
Ammar Awad/Reuters
A professor at Ohio State surveyed Turkish citizens about their views on democracy. What he learned helps explain the current crisis in the EU wannabe.
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko speaks to the media in Moscow.
Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/AAP
The entire Russian Olympic team could be banned from competing in the 2016 Rio Olympics. How can the International Olympic Committee ban an entire country?
The IOC must act, probably by banning Russia for being non-complaint with the international anti-doping regime.
Yuri Kochetkov/EPA
Where Russia broke the cardinal rule of doping – don’t get caught – the anti-doping regime has broken a cardinal rule of nature: don’t poke the Russian Bear.
Arctic migrants such as this Sanderling face an uncertain future.
Erik Thomsen
With weeks to go before the Olympics, it’s unlikely Kenya will be sanctioned over fresh doping claims. No matter what happens, a shadow will be cast over the integrity of the country’s athletes.
Tshwane Executive Mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa, surrounded by school pupils and officials, samples the metropole’s free internet service.
Pretoria News/Masi Losi
That South Africa has voted against rights enshrined in its globally celebrated, progressive constitution suggests a troubling indifference to its human rights commitments.
Sibel Oktay, University of Illinois at Springfield
Three suicide bombers killed 42 at Turkey’s busiest airport June 28. A scholar explains how Turkey’s foreign policy blunders have made the country such a target for terrorist attacks.
If Brexiters thought that making new international tariff deals and joining the WTO would be a cakewalk, they’re in for a shock.
Sebastian Coe, president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, which has upheld its ban on Russian athletes competing internationally.
EPA/Facundo Arrizabalaga
The BRICS bank is positioning itself to play a significant role in those areas in which the international financial institutions are seen to have failed.