The second one Summit for Democracyunder his shadow war in Ukraine and concerns about the strengthening of China’s power, the American president will start tomorrow Tuesday (28/3). Joe Bidenwho has pledged to restore American hegemony after the presidency of Donald Trump.
This second session, like the first in 2021, will take place mainly online and will last three days. Biden has invited 121 world leaders, eight more than last time.
Moreover, in order to avoid any accusation of American self-centeredness, he invited the leaders of Zambia, Costa Rica, South Korea and the Netherlands – as representatives of continents – to be co-organizers of the summit.
Its proceedings will bring together officials and members of civil society to talk about the challenges facing democracy around the world, including in the tech sector, at a time when Westerners accuse TikTok of catering to Beijing.
The American president also approached Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
The session will begin tomorrow, Tuesday, with an online discussion on peace in Ukraine, in which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will participate.
Although Biden kept his campaign promises to hold this session and renewed the ties of USA with many countries, he has also drawn criticism for working to bring Washington closer to leaders accused of authoritarian tendencies and questionable human rights records.
The US president visited Saudi Arabia and Egypt last year to participate in COP27, and he also approached Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
None of those three countries have been invited to the summit, which has excluded Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, as have the leaders of Singapore and Bangladesh.
The State Department declined to specify the criteria by which the invitations were made. “We are not trying to define which countries are or are not democracies,” his spokesman pointed out, as reported by the Athens News Agency.
The USA is “flirting” with Africa
Five African countries that were excluded two years ago will participate in the session this year: Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Mauritania and Mozambique.
The summit will also be an opportunity for the US to flirt with Africa at a time when China and Russia are strengthening their presence there.
US Vice President Kamala Harris toured Africa last week, visiting Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia with the aim of promoting Washington’s positive vision, which sees the continent as “the future of the world”.
Source: News Beast
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