“Democracy does not come about by chance. We must protect it, fight for it, strengthen it, renew it.”
Joe Biden, 46th President of USA
The virtual Democracy Summit, organized by Joe Biden on December 9-10, 2021, aims to create a common basis between the states for the international Democratic renewal. Heads of governments, civil society representatives, and business executives will participate in the Summit, which will be held online.
Joe Biden hopes that after a year of consultation and initiative, the second Summit will be live. Although the Summit is approaching, the US government has not clarified what exactly it will include. The three general directions that will be discussed are:
• tackling authoritarian regimes,
• the fight against corruption and,
• the defense and promotion of human rights.
On the other hand, the guest list leaked to the press (at Politico, in particular) shows the international political dimension of the process and raises interesting questions. China and Russia were not expected to be invited, but Taiwan and Ukraine were invited respectively. Turkey and Hungary, although NATO members are absent. The Philippines is among the guests. Of the Middle East and North Africa, only Israel and Iraq have been invited. It is clear from the list of invited states and the absence of other states so far, that the US government does not hesitate to provoke neither rival forces nor allies. As for Turkey and Hungary, their leaders have been undermining their democratic system for years.
Among the problems named by the session are:
• political polarization,
• the rise to power of leaders who undermine democratic rules and institutions,
• the weakening of favoritism and Institutions,
• growing inequality between citizens,
• the difference.
All this undermines democracy at a time when “authoritarian regimes violate borders to undermine democracy – from being threatened by journalists and human rights defenders to being involved in elections, while claiming that their model is more appropriate,” the State Department said in a statement. for the contents of the accompaniment.
With this Summit, the United States looks forward to creating a broad international front against authoritarian regimes and attitudes. But what will happen to the countries that are currently outside the Summit? Will they remain excluded or will there be a channel of communication in order to improve its performance in terms of Democratic governance?
It seems that the world of the future will move towards an era where there will be cooperation between the states that want to cooperate and to the point that they want and can these states cooperate with each other, while the polarization will worsen on the other fronts.
Competition now raises the direct question of whether democracies or authoritarian regimes are more effective in tackling the problems of societies. The difference is that in democracies mistakes can be corrected, while in dictatorships there is no correction of mistakes.
