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Published On: December 1, 20217.1 min read
Biden’s Global Democracy Summit Raises an Awkward Question: Can Ours Endure?
In the past year, the prospects for improving American democracy have dimmed considerably. […]
Published On: November 29, 20217.7 min read
What Should Be the Aim of President Biden’s Democracy Summit?
President Joe Biden’s plan for a virtual Summit for Democracy on Dec. 9-10 offers an important opportunity, considering the global decline in democracy since 2005. It is high time [...]
Published On: November 23, 20215.3 min read
Biden’s Summit for Democracy Needs More Than Governments
Bringing other voices in would empower the democratic cause. […]
Published On: November 22, 20215.6 min read
Why are Africans dissatisfied with democracy? Think corruption.
The fifth in Afrobarometer’s special democracy summit series on Africa […]
Published On: November 11, 20214.8 min read
Do Africans want democracy — and do they think they’re getting it?
The first in Afrobarometer’s special African democracy summit series. Originally published on the Washington Post Monkey Cage blog, where our regular Afrobarometer series explores Africans’ views on [...]
Published On: November 10, 20214 min read
One Month to Make 2021 Democracy and Open Government Summits Count
There is just one month to go before two back-to-back summits focused on open government and democracy close out 2021. The Open Government Partnership (OGP) [...]
Published On: November 8, 20214.6 min read
Biden’s democracy summit: Problematic invite list casts shadow on impact
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is getting ready to deliver on a key campaign promise by convening a Summit for Democracy: a [...]
Published On: November 5, 20219.4 min read
A Good Business Model: Commitments the Private Sector Can Make to Support Democracy
In December of this year, the United States will convene a Summit for Democracy to amplify the Biden administration’s global human rights and democracy agenda and [...]
Published On: November 4, 20217 min read
An ‘Illustrative Menu of Options’: Biden’s big democracy summit is a grab bag of vague ideas
President Joe Biden’s much-touted Summit for Democracy is just weeks away. Whether it will have any lasting impact is another matter. […]
Published On: October 28, 20210.6 min read
The Summit for Democracy
U.S. President Joe Biden has committed to revitalizing democracy as a domestic and foreign policy imperative, to standing for human rights around the world, [...]