Democracy Summit

US President Joe Biden speaks to representatives of more than 100 countries during a virtual democracy summit at the White House in Washington DC on December 9, 2021. Nicholas Kamm / AFP
Politics

Biden’s big summit missed the real threat to democracy

A wave of rancorous and resentful hyper-nationalism is what’s truly undermining democratic societies around the world and abetting the rise of authoritarian leaders

Mareike Ohlberg/ Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the US and Bonnie S. Glaser/ Director, German Marshall Fund of the US. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Why China is freaking out over Biden’s Democracy Summit

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks after late-night passage of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill to repair the nation's airports, roads and bridges, at the White House in Washington, DC, US November 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
World+Biz

Biden 'Summit for Democracy' to rally nations against rising authoritarianism

US President Joe Biden speaks at an event at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 31 March, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Bloomberg Special

Biden’s democracy summit is a South Asian diplomatic flub

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian attends a news conference in Beijing, China April 8, 2020/ Reuters
China

China denounces US for inviting Taiwan to democracy summit

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks after late-night passage of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill to repair the nation's airports, roads and bridges, at the White House in Washington, DC, US November 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
World+Biz

Biden's democracy summit: Problematic invite list casts shadow on impact