GUATRAT, Patrick <br/><br/>
Le sport dans les relations internationales 

 - Paris :  ENA,  janv./mars 2001 
<br/><br/> The growing universality of sport has made the role of interantional relations in this area more and more important. The real significance of having recourse to international relations as an instrument of diplomatic action is , however, very variable, in the same way as is its influence on the relations between States and their peoples. With the emergence of policies of cooperation and development aids, sport has been considered an important area for their application. The diversity of actors who take part in these policies has led State administrations to set up new partnerships in order to take their policy on sport forward, in particular with the extremely powerful sporting organisations such as the International Olympic Committee