Global Views of Biden’s Democracy Summit

Washington: The United States of America and its President Joe Biden will virtually host the leaders of over 100 countries on December 9 and 10 as part of the ‘Summit for Democracy’. The Summit was Biden’s idea of bringing together democracies of the world to discuss and deliberate the issues concerning human rights, corruption and countering authoritarianism. The summit excludes countries like China, Russia and Turkey, which the US deems ‘undemocratic’ states.

However, the Summit is not just about democracy. It signals the intent of the Biden administration to unite the world’s democracies for protection of individual liberties.

The summit will be a platform for states to find the right balance of governance with respect to regulation and freedom in the technology sphere.