Biden’s awkward democracy summit

President Biden's democracy summit is virtual and surreal, with questionable participants. The US is not very good at spreading democracy, and the democratic recession is justified as three-quarters of the world's population live in autocracies. China has pumped more money into the developing world

March 29, 2023 . 6:47 PM

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President Biden's second summit for democracy is virtual and surreal, with questionable participants.
Despite noble aims, the US is not very good at spreading democracy.
The democratic recession is justified as three-quarters of the world's population now live in autocracies, and spreading democracy is in the US national interest.
The fate of democracy will be largely settled in the global south, but officials admit the US approach is a work in progress.
China has pumped more money into the developing world than all the west combined, and the Malis, Cambodias, and Bolivias of this world will shape their political future and foreign policy alignment.