The influence of Saudi Arabia through international football investments = Pengaruh Arab Saudi melalui investasi sepak bola internasional

Pandie, Nathaniel Henry (2025) The influence of Saudi Arabia through international football investments = Pengaruh Arab Saudi melalui investasi sepak bola internasional. Bachelor thesis, Universitas Pelita Harapan.

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Abstract

Football has become a strategic instrument for gaining influence around the world, especially in the Middle East, where nations like Saudi Arabia use it to their advantage politically, economically, and socially. This analysis explores how Saudi Arabia leverages investments in international football to meet its geopolitical and economic goals, in line with the Vision 2030 strategy to lessen reliance on oil earnings and improve its standing internationally. This study investigates the relationship between political strategy and sports diplomacy, guided by the theories of realism, soft power, and national interest. The data is gained using data from official statements from government and football officials, media reports, and scholarly literature analyzed using qualitative descriptive methodology. This proves that Saudi Arabia’s football investments are tools of soft power, and geopolitical strategy, enhancing its international standing, diversifying its economy, and fostering domestic unity. According to the study’s findings, Saudi Arabia has successfully established itself as a key actor in international sports diplomacy by using football to strike a balance between its influence abroad and its own domestic growth, underscoring the sport’s increasing importance as a political instrument in international affairs. Sepakbola telah menjadi instrument strategis untuk mendapatkan pengaruh di seluruh dunia, khususnya di Timur Tengah, di mana negara-negara seperti Arab Saudi memanfaatkannya untuk keuntungan politik, ekonomi, dan sosial. Penelitian ini mengeksplorasi bagaimana Arab Saudi memanfaatkan investasi dalam sepakbola internasional untuk mencapai tujuan geopolitik dan ekonominya, sejalan dengan strategi Visi 2030 untuk mengurangi ketergantungan pada pendapatkan minyak dan meningkatkan kedudukan secara internasional. Penelitian ini menyelidiki hubungan antara strategi politik dan diplomasi olahraga, berpedoman pada teori realisme, kuasa lunak, dan kepentingan nasional. Data diperoleh dengan menggunakan data dari pernyataan resmi pemerintah dan pejabat sepak bola, pemberitaan media, dan literatur ilmiah yang dianalisis menggunakan metodologi deskriptif kualitatif. Hal ini membuktikan bahwa investasi sepakbola Arab Saudi adalah alat kuasa lunak dan strategi geopolitik yang meningkatkan kedudukan internasionalnya, mendiversifikasi perekonomiannya, dan membina persatuan dalam negeri. Berdasarkan temuan penelitian tersebut, Arab Saudi telah berhasil memantapkan dirinya sebagai actor kunci dalam diplomasi olahraga internasional dengan menggunakan sepakbola untuk mencapai keseimbangan antara pengaruhnya di luar negeri dan pertumbuhan dalam negeri, yang menggarisbawahi semakin pentingnya olahraga sebagai instrument politik dalam urusan interansional.
Item Type: Thesis (Bachelor)
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Pandie, Nathaniel Henry
NIM01043210057
nathanpandie23@gmail.com
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Patading, Gusti
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gusti.patading@uph.edu
Uncontrolled Keywords: Saudi football investments; geopolitical strategy; vision 2030; global influence; international partnerships; sports diplomacy; soft power; investasi sepak bola Arab Saudi; strategi geopolitik; visi 2030; pengaruh global; kemitraan internasional; diplomasi olahraga; kuasa lunak.
Subjects: J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions: University Subject > Current > Faculty/School - UPH Karawaci > Faculty of Social and Political Science > International Relations
Current > Faculty/School - UPH Karawaci > Faculty of Social and Political Science > International Relations
Depositing User: NATHANIEL HENRY PANDIE
Date Deposited: 23 Jan 2025 12:59
Last Modified: 23 Jan 2025 13:01
URI: http://repository.uph.edu/id/eprint/66659

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