International Olympic Committee Struggle against the COVID-19 Pandemic: Health Diplomacy of Non-State Actors

• Authors: Anna Kobierecka

Title variants

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Działania Międzynarodowego Komitetu Olimpijskiego w zmaganiach z pandemią COVID-19. Dyplomacja zdrowotna aktorów niepaństwowych

Abstracts

PL

Pandemia COVID-19 przyczyniła się do pojawienia się licznych wyzwań i zagrożeń zarówno o charakterze politycznym, jak i gospodarczym. W środowisku międzynarodowym dało się także zaobserwować pojawienie się wielu nowych inicjatyw dyplomatycznych, które stanowiły niejako odpowiedź na te wyzwania. Szczególne miejsce wśród tych inicjatyw zajmowały działania, które mogą zostać określone jako dyplomacja zdrowotna, rozumiana jako szczególny przejaw dyplomacji publicznej. Kategoria ta jest niejednoznaczna i w najbardziej dosłownym znaczeniu jej celem jest współdziałanie ukierunkowane na minimalizowanie zagrożeń zdrowotnych. Jej drugie znaczenie jest bliższe dyplomacji publicznej, bowiem skupia się na wykorzystaniu działań z zakresu promocji zdrowia jako narzędzia wspierającego politykę zagraniczną oraz osiąganie celów strategicznych. Badanie skupia się na Międzynarodowym Komitecie Olimpijskim jako aktorze niepaństwowym i jego inicjatywach podejmowanych w okresie pandemii COVID-19, które można zaklasyfikować jako dyplomację zdrowotną. Zasadnicze pytanie badawcze odnosi się do charakteru podejmowanych działań – czy noszą one znamiona tradycyjnej dyplomacji zdrowotnej skierowanej na zapobieganie zagrożeniom zdrowotnym, czy też mają charakter narzędzia wspierającego osiąganie własnych celów, również strategicznych.

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The COVID-19 pandemic caused not only substantial turmoil in the international environment, both politically and economically, but it also inspired new forms of diplomatic conduct. Since 2020 we could observe new forms of health diplomacy, which is already well-established among theoretical concept. While counteracting the harmful effects of the pandemic was the primary goal of most of the initiatives, it soon became apparent that health diplomacy can be perceived by many as a political tool, supporting foreign policies and strategic goals. This research aims to investigate International Olympic Committee as a non-state diplomatic actor and its efforts related to the COVID-19 pandemic that can be classified as public diplomacy and, more specifically, health diplomacy. The main research question refers to the character of diplomatic conduct, more specifically, whether it can be related to traditional health diplomacy focused on addressing health challenges or also to public diplomacy, aimed at reaching own goals.

Keywords

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health diplomacy; non-state actors’ diplomacy; public diplomacy; International Olympic Committee; COVID-19

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dyplomacja zdrowotna; dyplomacja aktorów niepaństwowych; dyplomacja publiczna; Międzynarodowy Komitet Olimpijski; COVID-19

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Athenaeum. Polskie Studia Politologiczne
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 79
• Pages: 215-239

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Anna Kobierecka

• University of Łódź

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/athena.2023.79.11

Biblioteka Nauki

22437109