On Dec. 9 and 10, U.S. President Joe Biden will host what the White House calls the Summit for Democracy — or, in other words, a meeting focused on democracy.
According to the Biden administration, the two-day virtual meeting, to which more than 100 countries were invited, is designed to help renew democracy around the world and will be followed by an in-person democracy summit next year.
The summit, the administration claims, will “focus on challenges and opportunities facing democracies and will provide a platform for leaders to announce both individual and collective commitments, reforms and initiatives to defend democracy and human rights at home and abroad.” It will presumably end with bold pronouncements by leaders about reforms they intend to make both internationally and at home.