{"podcast":{"title":"Neutrality Studies","slug":"neutrality-studies-7179578","podcast_index_feed_id":7179578,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fe578920/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.neutralitystudies.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/42571496/42571496-1737706255594-0b17200e71e0e.jpg","author":"Pascal","episode_count":435,"summary":"A channel dedicated to neutrality in international relations and analysis of world affairs. For more info, visit neutralitystudies.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T04:18:51.204562+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/neutrality-studies-7179578"},"episode":{"title":"The Geopolitics Behind FIFA | Dr. Rolando Dromundo","slug":"the-geopolitics-behind-fifa-dr-rolando-dromundo","published_at":"2026-07-01T17:21:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/neutrality-studies-7179578/the-geopolitics-behind-fifa-dr-rolando-dromundo","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/neutrality-studies-7179578","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neutrality-studies/episodes/The-Geopolitics-Behind-FIFA--Dr--Rolando-Dromundo-e3lhebd","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO1976119676.mp3","summary":"Dr. Rolando Dromundo, political analyst, journalist, and author, discusses the politics behind the FIFA World Cup, FIFA’s power, double standards on sanctions, host-country pressure, public spending, sportswashing, and national identity. The talk also covers Russia, Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the role of states, and whether a changing world order could force reform in global sports.Links:[BOOK] State-Building in the Middle of a Geopolitical Struggle: The Cases of Ukraine, Moldova, and Pridnestrovia: https://www.amazon.com/State-Building... Neutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Merch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shop Donation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donate Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:51 Politics behind the World Cup 00:04:31 FIFA, host countries, and public money 00:11:49 Russia, Israel, and double standards 00:16:54 FIFA as a private power structure 00:26:53 Can FIFA be reformed? 00:33:07 Could countries leave FIFA? 00:39:44 Football, identity, and nations 00:47:00 Multipolarity and future World Cups 00:51:18 Final thoughts on FIFA power","meta_description":"Dr. Rolando Dromundo, political analyst, journalist, and author, discusses the politics behind the FIFA World Cup, FIFA’s power, double standards on sanct…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3259,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/neutrality-studies-7179578/episodes/the-geopolitics-behind-fifa-dr-rolando-dromundo/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/neutrality-studies-7179578/the-geopolitics-behind-fifa-dr-rolando-dromundo.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}