Enjeux politiques et sportifs de l’olympisme
Nicolas Lepeltier, " Thomas Bach: twelve years steering the International Olympic Committee through a series of storms", Le Monde, 23 June 2025
Judith Monfrini, " Political gestures in sport are commonplace« , La Tribune de Genève, 30 April 2025
Appearance on the radio programme Mondial Sports, Kirsty Coventry on Mount Olympus!, RFI, 22 March 2025
Appearance on the radio programme Sport Première, Olympism: Kirsty Coventry elected new IOC President, RTS, 22 March 2025
Nicolas Lepeltier, " IOC Presidency: Donald Trump's threatening shadow looms over world sport", Le Monde, 19 March 2025
Laurent Favre, "Like the Vatican, the IOC has a very long memory", Le Temps, 19 March 2025
Basile Dekonink, " In Greece, the discreet but crucial election of the new IOC president", Les Échos, 18 March 2025
Patrick Clastres, " Hosting the Olympic Games. Mirages of power and illusions of influence ", Annual Global Report on the Economic System and Strategies (Ramses) 2025 (ed. Thierry de Montbrial and Dominique David), Malakoff, IFRI/Dunod, 4 September 2024, pp. 222-225.
Michele Barbero, " France’s Quest for Olympic Glory", Foreign Policy, 23 August 2024
Patrick Clastres, " Aux Jeux olympiques de Paris 2024, comme d’habitude, le sport n’est ni la guerre ni la paix« , Le Temps, 28 July 2024
Colombe Delabrousse Mayoux, ‘Macron is taking advantage of the Olympic period to suspend democracy’, La Vie, 25 juillet 2024
Béatrice Mathieu et Etienne Girard, " David Lappartient, the most powerful Frenchman in world sport: his ambitions, his secrets", L’Express, 24 July 2024
Tomoyo Ogawa, " The Future of the Future (Part 1) Is choice the main angle? Is the future the nation?", Nikkei, 26 July 2024
Philippe Ricard, Luc Bronner et Nicolas Lepeltier, " 2024 Olympics: Paris, Olympic capital of a fragmented and tense world", Le Monde, 25 July 2024
Rick Noack et Claire Parker, " Anti-Israel protests and threats set tone for politically charged Olympics", The Washington Post, 24 July 2024
« Parigi 2024: le incognite internazionali pesano sui Giochi« , UISP APS – Redazione Nazionale, 13 July 2024
Podcast appearance Politisé, « Are the Olympic Games political? ", 11 July 2024
A few words with Patrick Clastres. ‘The Paris Games: the stakes are high for the country, but also for its image,’ Valeurs Mutualistes, 2nd quarter 2024, no. 336, pp. 24-27.
Patrick Clastres, ‘Career as a sports historian,’ Valeurs mutualistes, July 2024
Patrick Clastres, " What is the project behind the Olympic Games? », Enjeu. Revue de l’USEP/UFOLEP, ‘Geopolitics of the Games’ dossier, July 2024, p. 16
« Patrick Clastres: i Giochi valgono la candela?« , UISP APS – Redazione Nazionale, 29 June 2024
Patrick Clastres, " The highly political role of National Olympic Committees ", Le Monde, 12 June 2024
Jérémy Laugier et Thibaut Chevillard, Paris 2024 Olympics: Could the outcome of the general election jeopardise the Games?, 20 Minutes, 11 June 2024
Intervention at Objectif Monde on Sport, between splendour and excess, TV5 Monde, 22 May 2024
Intervention at Objectif Monde on Sport, between splendour and excess, TV5 Monde, 9 May 2024 and on RTS 2, 15 May 2024
Radio Classique, The Economic Journal, 8 May 2024
Patrick Clastres, Staying out of the fray would be tantamount to allowing Olympic universalism to become a Trojan horse for the enemies of peace and democracy, Nagasaki Shimbun, 28 April 2024
Interview with Clément Balta, Patrick Clastres, « Viewpoints: « Olympism needs more ambition » », March-April 2024, n°451, Dossier – Paris 2024, faites vos jeux, Le français dans le monde
Béatrice Mathieu, « Never before have the Olympic Games faced such challenges on a global scale« , L’Express, 14 January 2024
Aymeric Le Gall, 40 years for Noah, 30 for l'OM... Is it right to commemorate these age-old victories?, 20 Minutes, 26 May 2023
Alexandra Trinh, “Patrick Clastres : « The competitions denounce dictatorships »“, Journal des Activités Sociales de l’énergie, 24 November 2022
Grégor Brandy, « 2024 Olympics: the cost of hosting the Olympic flame sparks controversy », Le Monde, 22 Fabruary 2022
"On athletes' freedom of expression,", Le Temps, 10 February 2022
Tristan Miquel, « Philosophy of the Olympic Games », RTS and TV5 Monde, Zoom Zen, 30 July 2021
« Why are there so few mixed events at the Olympic Games? », Mon quotidien, 29 July 2021
RFI, 7 billion neighbours, July 2021
Summer mornings, France culture, July 2021
Barbara Colpi, SRF, July 2021
Didrick Pomelle, Ouest-France, July 2021
Stéphane Baillargeon, "The political expression of athletes", Ledevoir.com (Montréal), July 2021
Jamy blog, juin 2021
Patrick Clastres, « The Club is no longer the place of knowledge », Le Temps, 16 April 2021
Federico Franchini, 'Timid protest by the footballers', Area d’impatto, 16 April 2021
"Racism in sport", Un jour l’actu, 19 March 2021
Patrick Clastres, "Sport, ambition and human rights. Call them Dangerous Games", Corriere del Ticino, 12 March 2021
Adrien Pécout, « Within French sports federations, democracy is a combat sport », Le Monde, 16 December 2020, paper version 17 December 2020
Laurent Favre, " Should campaigning be part of the Olympic Games? », Le Temps, 16 December 2020
Guillaume Naudin, Radio France International, Le Débat, « Are militant sportsmen and sportswomen a novelty destined to last? ", 14 December 2020
Clément Martel, « Racisme, droits des minorités : la voix de plus en plus « politique » des sportifs français », Le Monde, 11 December 2020
Patrick Clastres, Corriere del Ticino, "Sportsmen no longer have to keep quiet and dribble", 10 December 2020
Patrick Clastres, France Info TV / Le 17-19h, "Racist remarks, players leave the pitch", 9 December 2020
Maxime Recoquillé, L’Express, "Racism in sport: time to wake up", 9 December 2020
Patrick Clastres, France Info/France Inter, 2 July 2020, "The IOC and athletes' freedom of expression"
Patrick Clastres, France Info, 30 June 2020, "The IOC and the two Koreas"
Jean-Luc Ferré, La Croix, 15 June 2020
Patrick Clastres, June 2020, L’Equipe, "Sport as a flag"
Eric Bernaudeau, AFP, June 2020, "The effects of postponing the Olympic Games"
Jérôme Jeannin, « Popular sports and elite competitions », RTS, 11 April 2019
Florence Gault, Radio RCF, 11 April 2019
Marine Almagbaly, « On behalf of the nation », L’Auditoire, November 2018, no. 247, p. 18.
« Turkey in the running to organise the 2026 Winter Olympics », RTS, Forum, 24 September 2018
Eric Bernaudeau, "2026 Olympics: five cities still in the running, first review in a month", AFP, 13 September 2018
Pauline Rappaz, « Heads of state from outside politics » (with Marc Perrenoud), RTS, émission « Tout un monde », 5 September 2018
Claire Thoizet, « The day there are no more national football teams, racism will fade away », La Croix, 19 July 2018
« Racism in sport », RTS, Forum, 11 June 2018
"Sport has become the last bastion where racism can be expressed publicly and all too often with impunity", Tangram, June 2018, no. 41, p. 36-44
Christine Ockrent, « The 2 Koreas and Moscow: Olympic Games and politics », France culture"Foreign Affairs", geopolitical magazine, 10 February 2018
Béatrice Ruhl et Benjamin Smadja, « The Olympic Games are no longer your dream », Radio Lac (Genève), 9 Fabruary 2018
Antoine Bellier, « Pyeongchang 2018. If you want the Games, prepare for peace » RCF, Le temps de le dire, 8 February 2018
Frédéric Carbonne, France Info, 8 Fabruary 2018, 23h10-23h30.
Marc Ventouillac, « 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. Seven years of renovation work », L’Equipe, 8 Fabruary 2018
Patrick Clastres, published by Sébastien Billard, " Truce between the two Koreas: the Olympic Games have never been particularly conducive to peace », Nouvel Obs, 8 Fabruary 2018
Patrick Clastres, " Olympic truce and Realpolitik », Le Temps, 7 Fabruary 2018
Pauline Rappaz, RTS, Colour 3, Journal, 5 Fabruary 2018
"What if the Olympic Games were not eternal?", En jeu. Une autre idée du sport, February 2018, no. 30, p. 14.
Bertrand Monnard, "Sion 2026 poll", Le Matin, February 2018
Patrick Clastres with Jeannin Jérôme, « Sports sponsorship used as a diplomatic tool by the major powers », RTS, "Tout un monde," 29 January 2018
Eric Bernaudeau, « The Olympic Games in Korea: détente or lost cause? », AFP, 18 January 2018
Timothée Loubière, « Koreas: Realpolitik outweighs IOC diplomacy », Libération, 14 January 2018
Marguerite Lefebvre, « Sports naturalisations in Korea », Europe 1, 9 January 2018
Lionel Pittet et Simon Gabioud, « The sweet illusion of peace through sport », Le Temps, 9 January 2018
Clément Martel et Philippe Mesmer, « The Olympic Games of reconciliation between the two Koreas? », Le Monde, 5 January 2018
RTS, Le journal de 7h / La Matinale, « Pyeongchang 2018: Russia's fate in the hands of the IOC ", 5 December 2017
Corinne Boulloud, Europe 1, 16 November 2017, "The Olympic law, a law of exception"
William Audureau and Adrien Pécout, Le Monde, « Will e-sport become an Olympic discipline? », 7 November 2017
Bertrand Monnard, "The Winter Games are disliked", Le Matin, 19 October 2017
RTS, TV programme « At the heart of sport », 1st October 2017
« Presidents and sport ", Planète+, 10 September 2017, a never-before-seen documentary directed by Manuel Herrero and Sylvain Louvet and produced by Capa
Sébastien Billard et Paul Laubacher, Le Nouvel Obs, "The Presidents of the Fifth Republic and Sport, July 2017: De Gaulle, Pompidou, Giscard d’Estaing, Mitterrand, Chirac
Patrick Clastres, "What if the Olympic Games were not eternal?", OmniSports, no. 139, April-May 2017, p. 19-22
« Sport has symbolic power in the world », L’Auditoire, October 2016, no. 234, p. 4-5
Interview by Anthony Gautier, " The Olympic Games are fragile "Apostrophe 45, 13 August 2016
« 2016 Olympic Games: more and more sportsmen and women are naturalised. Yes, but the practice goes back a long way », L’Obs Le Plus, 9 August 2016
Kevin Badeau et Victor Cabaret, « Refugees, the new moral guarantor for sports giants », Les Inrocks, 26 July 2016
Jacques Besnard, « Who is the better football supporter: François Hollande or Angela Merkel? ", Slate, 7 July 2016
Laurent Nicolet, Migros magazine, July 2016, " Special Olympic disciplines »
« The 2096 Olympics will not take place », Nom de Zeus, 13 April 2016
Kévin Saigault, Planet.fr, 23 February 2016, " Valls, Pécresse, Macron...: why are politicians so keen on boxing? »
RTS"Tribu" show, 17 January 2016, " Where is contemporary sport heading? »
Manuelle Calmat, Sport & Style, 5 December 2015, " Sport, in or out? », p. 32
Laurent Morel, Le Matin Dimanche, 22 November 2015, "National anthems are back"
"More than sport" (interview by Antoine Schaub), L’Auditoire. Journal des étudiants de Lausanne, No. 229, November 2015, p. 18
Hervé Gardette, France Culture, Du grain à moudre, 18 September 2015, " Does the representation of athletes by nation still make sense? »
Nicolas Martin, France Culture, Les Matins d'été, 14 July 2015, " Is the nation soluble in sport? »
Adrien Pécout, NOC and apolitism, Le Monde
Juliette Marie, « Four scenarios for the 2040 Olympic Games », Uzbek & Rica,
Tokyo 2021 Summer Olympics
Patrick Clastres, " The Olympic Games, from the world of yesterday to the world of tomorrow », Mediapart, 24 April 2020
Gaétan Scherrer, L’Equipe, « Postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games: We're at a turning point », 26 March 2020
Sébastien Billard, L’Obs, « Postponement of the Olympic Games: This crisis reveals the power and, at the same time, the great fragility of the Games », 25 March, 2020
France TV Sport, "Coronavirus: why is the IOC keen to keep the Tokyo Olympics?", 21 March 2020
AFP, « The Olympic Games are no longer set in stone, barring world war », 21 March 2020
« The organisation of the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020 no longer inspires dreams » », RTS, Sport matin, 15 February 2017
Sankei Shimbun
The award in 2017 of the Summer Olympics to Paris for 2024
Lucia Müzzel, RFI Brazil and others countries, « Paris Olympics promises to invigorate France's poorest department », 14 September 2017
Sébastien Billard, Nouvel Obs, 13 September 2017
Jean-François Fournel, La Croix, « Comment ré-enchanter le rêve olympique », 13 septembre 2017
Cécile Andrzejewski, « The Olympic law and the contours of this exceptional right », Mediapart, 13 September 2017
Christophe-Cécil Garnier, « Paris 2024: when did the French stop wanting the Olympics in their country? », Slate, 10 August 2017
"Paris is close to its Olympic dream", Sud-Ouest, 2 August 2017
Interview, « Paris 2024: the IOC acted in its own interests », Sud-Ouest, 1st August 2017
RTS, Le Journal de 7h (invité de la rédaction), « Is the Olympic dream being eroded? », 27 June 2017
UNIL L’ACTU, « Olympism in pictures », 23 June 2017
Sophie Tutkovics, L’Equipe, "Paris gets back into the game", 5 May 2017
Olympic bids, communication and democracy, Le Temps, 14 April 2017
Anthony Hernandez, "Who still wants the Olympics?", Le Monde, 4 March 2017
Caroline Andréani, Le Grand Soir, 18 July 2015, « Should we support Paris' bid for the 2024 Olympic Games? »
The Beijing 2022 Winter Games
RTS, guest on "La Matinale", 10 February 2022
RTS, Le 12.45 - Special page Beijing 2022, " Beijing Olympics 2022: diplomatic boycott", 4 February 2022
"China has a message to get across", Corse Matin, 4 February 2022
Massimo Solari, « Giochi senza diplomazia, tra tatticismi e repressione », Corriere del Ticino, 3 February 2022
Baptiste Madinier, RCF (French-language Christian radio), February 2022
Marianne Skorpis, ARTE, February 2002
Cyrille Pluyette, L’Express, February 2022
Nina Soyez, « Through these games, China is speaking not to the world but to its own people », TV5 Monde, 28 January 2022
Charaf Abdessemed, "Beijing Olympics: Lausanne opts for the silence of the rings", Lausanne Cités, 26-27 January 2022
Mark Ionesco, « Boycotts at the Olympic Games », Marianne, 20-26 February 2022
Aude Lasjaunias, "Beijing's medal-winning strategy", Le Monde, 4 January 2022
Aude Lasjaunias, « Boycotting the Olympic Games, a weapon with limited effect », Le Monde, 4 January 2022
Paul Véronique, « Diplomatic boycott of the Olympic Games: will Europe dare offend Beijing? », L'Express, 10 December 2021
Alexis Favre, "Sport and politics: a wake-up call?", RTS, Infrarouge, 8 December 2021
« Always with your fist raised! », Stéphane Bern and Matthieu Noël, Europe 1, Historiquement vôtre, 1st December 2021
« Should we boycott the Olympic Games in Beijing and the World Cup in Qatar? », France TV5 Monde, journal TV, 64’ Grand Angle, 27 November 2021
« Faut-il boycotter les jeux olympiques de Pékin ? », La Croix, 23 novembre 2021
Géraldine Wong, Boycott Beijing 2022, Swissinfo.ch, November 2021
Antoine Chandellier, Le Dauphiné Libéré, October 2021
Patrick Clastres, "China has trapped itself by organising the Olympic Games", Watson, 17 April 2021
Youth Olympic Games (YOG)
Jérôme Jeannin, « Major sporting events in 2020: the YOG », RTS, « La Matinale », 27 December 2019
Jean-Luc Ferré, "The Youth Games are shaping the future of the Olympics", La Croix, 15 October 2018
Anthony Hernandez, Le Monde.fr, 12 Fabruary 2016, « The IOC evangelises youth at the 2016 YOG »
The Russian war in Ukraine and its consequences for international sport (since March 2022)
Jean Ammann, "The IOC is a colossus with feet of clay", La Tribune de Genève/24 Heures, 1st May 2022
Nicolas Lepeltier, Le Monde, 16-17 April 2022, "Moscow wants to redefine the geopolitics of sport"
Nicolas Lepeltier, "The IOC was afraid of seeing its sports system collapse (interview)", Le Monde, 16-17 April 2022
Marianne Meunier, La Croix Hebdo, 1st April 2022
Mathieu Aeschmann, Matin Dimanche, 13 March 2022
"A pragmatic decision" (interview), L’Equipe, 8 March 2022
Luca Mossi, Teleticino, ITW, 7 March 2022 (from 4'55 to 20'30)
Clément Martel, « The war in Ukraine catches up with the Paralympic Winter Games », Le Monde, 2 March 2022
Sébastien Schorderet, RTS website, "The Olympic order"
Jérôme Jeannin, "Olympic and Paralympic truces", RTS, 3 March 2022
« Russian and Belarusian athletes excluded from the Olympic Games », JT, RTS, 3 March 2022 (12:37)
Rebecca Garcia, "Russian sporting impunity undermined", 24 heures, 2 March 2022
La Croix
State Doping" in Russia (2016)
« Dopage: l’étau se resserre toujours plus autour de la Russie », RTS, Forum, 14 December 2016
« 2016 Olympics and doping: sport remains a key arena for rivalry between Russia and the United States », L’Obs Le Plus, 5 August 2016
"Russia in Olympic shape", Télérama, 3 August 2016, p. 7
« Why Russia has not been excluded from the Rio Olympics despite a system of state-sponsored doping », Telerama.fr, 26 July 2016
« Can the IOC exclude Russia from the Rio Games? No, the balance of world sport is too fragile », La Croix, 21 July 2016
Bettina De Guglielmo, Radios chrétiennes francophones, 19 July 2016, "The McLaren report on doping in Russia"
Zoé Decker, RTS, Forum, 18 July 2016, « The McLaren report on doping in Russia »
RTS, Journal du matin, 11July 2016, « State-sponsored doping in Russia »
« Muscle diplomacy », La Tribune de Genève, 3 June 2016
Arnaud Bevilacqua, La Croix, 3 June 2016, « The Olympic participation of Russian athletes in question »
Pierre Bienvault, La Croix, 13 May 2016, « Russia did not invent state-sponsored doping »
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