No summit invite for ‘demokratura on the Danube’
Hungary is reportedly the only EU member not to have been invited to president Joe Biden’s “summit for democracy” later this year, which is quite right, for Hungary is now… Read more »
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‘Illustrative Menu of Options’ will shape democracy summit
President Joe Biden’s administration is setting up a “global defamation defense fund” for journalists as part of his democracy promotion agenda, said Samantha Power, the US Agency for International Development… Read more »
Summit for Democracy offers chance to ‘rethink’ democratic systems
Contemporary authoritarianism is an existential test for democratic societies and the upcoming US-led Summit for Democracy offers an opportunity to ‘rethink’ democratic systems, says the Club of Madrid, the forum of… Read more »
A ‘multilateral democratic counterweight’ to digital authoritarians
Today, many democracies are making messy efforts to build consensus around countering China and other countries identified with digital authoritarianism. The British-led D-10, for example, seeks alternatives to China’s telecommunications… Read more »
Existential threats: Western democracy ‘looking at its nadir’?
India and Pakistan are in. Turkey and Hungary are not. That’s the still-tentative plan, anyway, as the White House has begun to send out invitations for the forthcoming “Summit for… Read more »
Can Summit for Democracy ‘galvanize democratic renewal worldwide’?
Invitations for U.S. President Joe Biden’s virtual Summit for Democracy will go out this week to heads of state around the world, including the leaders of countries with questionable democratic… Read more »
Fragile democracy ‘undercuts ability to promote democratic values abroad’?
The US is the sole democratic superpower, writes FT analyst Martin Wolf. Its ongoing political transformation has deep implications for liberal democracies everywhere, as well as for the world’s ability… Read more »
How large a tent for the Summit for Democracy?
For his forthcoming Summit for Democracy, President Biden should keep the tent large while emphasizing that the objective is not to create a new formal alliance of democracies, argues Kemal… Read more »
Summit for Democracy will ‘galvanize commitments’, highlight resilience & renewal
Participants will aim to make democracies more responsive & resilient, & to build a broader community of partners committed to global democratic renewal. https://t.co/QXS5IofYoS — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 11,… Read more »
Time to transform NATO into a global democratic alliance?
Responding to mercantilist, militaristic and aggressive China requires transforming NATO into a global alliance of democracies with market economies which respect civil liberties & rule of law, Reps. Charles K…. Read more »