Olympics

University of Michigan experts are available to discuss the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Feb. 6-22. Javed Ali is an associate professor of practice of public policy and former senior U.S. government counterterroris...

Ford School professor and counterterrorism expert, Javed Ali talked on PBS about the attack on French trains ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony. He said the attack had "interesting features, obviously, deliberate sequence for multiple trains to be...

Ford School professor Javed Ali, discussed what measures would need to be taken to keep the Olympics safe after the rail attacks in Paris I would have to assume they further intensified the existing security posture" to make it safe for the opening c...

Ford School of Public Policy experts can discuss the Biden administration's diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The move sends a message to protest human rights abuses in China while still allowing U.S. athletes to compete.  ...