Awkward guests: America’s ‘democracy summit’ appears to be not so democratic in terms of its invitee selection process
Between December 9-10, the US is hosting a large virtual gathering called Summit for Democracy, which is being attended by around 110 countries.about the effectiveness of US democracy itself, which was found to be in a declining pattern by a recent European survey. invitation list
Turkey is both a NATO ally and the Middle East’s most powerful democracy. But for Washington, it is not Turkey’s democratic system but the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s more independent political mindset - which sees no problem acquiring Russian S-400s against Washington’s protests due to Turkey’s air defence needs - that is a problem.
in the world, and has an unstable government that cannot control Iran-backed Shia militias from launching attacks in various parts of the country.
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