What NBC Won’t Tell You About the Opening Ceremonies

A geopolitical guide to the Parade of Nations at the Sochi Winter Games

By Ian Bremmer

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Here in the United States, the Parade of Nations at the Sochi Olympic Opening Ceremonies will be shown by NBC broadcasters who will narrate the long march of more than 80 countries with innocuous facts. Did you know the last name of Icelanders is derived from their father’s first name?How about that Mexico’s only competing athlete is…a 55-year-old of royal German descent who moonlights as a pop singer?