Biden Wants to Boost Democracy. He Should Shelve the Summit and Look to Europe.
President-elect Joe Biden has promised to host a major “Summit of Democracies” in his first year in office as part of his effort to fight global democratic erosion and reverse President Donald Trump’s tilt toward authoritarian strongmen. Biden has decried, as he said in a 2019 speech, “the rapid advance of authoritarianism, nationalism, and illiberal tendencies around the world—not just in Russia and China, but also among our allies, places like Turkey, the Philippines, Hungary.”
Published: January 5, 2021
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