The Yale Law Journal

Ayelet Shachar

Feature

Picking Winners: Olympic Citizenship and the Global Race for Talent

Ayelet Shachar

120 Yale L.J. 2088 (2011). 

Across the globe, countries are promoting strategic or expedited passport grants, whereby membership is invested in exceptionally talented individuals with the expectation of receiving a return: for Olympic recruits, this means medals. The spread of the talent-for-citize…

Feature

Picking Winners: Olympic Citizenship and the Global Race for Talent

Ayelet Shachar

120 Yale L.J. 2088 (2011). 

Across the globe, countries are promoting strategic or expedited passport grants, whereby membership is invested in exceptionally talented individuals with the expectation of receiving a return: for Olympic recruits, this means medals. The spread of the talent-for-citize…