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DefendDemocracy Virtual Event: How to Unite the World’s Democratic Forces

#DefendDemocracy Virtual Event on  “How to Unite the World’s Democratic Forces” organized by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation in partnership with the Coalition for a World Security Community of Democracies (CWSC). In case you missed it, check out what our experts had to say about President Biden’s trip to Europe, the upcoming G7 meeting, the formation of […]

Community of Democracies and China

Community of Democracies and China

There is some concern that a Community of Democracies may increase tensions between Western countries and China. Two of our members propose commentaries on that matter. Read their blogs: Austin Mackell in Democracy Without Borders: A Democracy Alliance to Promote Human Rights  Didier Jacobs in Foreign Policy in Focus: A Principled China Policy.  The Coalition […]

Quotes of the Year

Quotes of the Year

The idea of a community of democracies has risen dramatically on the agenda this past year. We are witnessing concrete first steps on both sides of the Atlantic. Consider the following quotes: President Biden committed to “organize and host a global Summit for Democracy to renew the spirit and shared purpose of the nations of […]

Recap of the Copenhagen Democracy Summit

10-11 May, 2021 CREATING AN ALLIANCE OF DEMOCRACIES  We kicked off the Summit by discussing the need to protect and secure democracy and the rule of law with presidential statements by Zuzana Caputova, President of Slovakia and Dr. Tsai Ing-wen, President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and two panels on protecting democracy from authoritarianism […]

2021 Copenhagen Democracy Summit – May 10-11-2021

The Copenhagen Democracy Summit 2021 The Copenhagen Democracy Summit 2021 plans to take place in hybrid format on May 10- 11, 2021. It will draw participants from business executives, political leaders, activists, andother democracy supporters to discuss the future of global democracy, US leadership and post-COVID recovery, technology, and democratic trust. Joe Biden opened the […]

A World Security Community of Democratic Nations

Project Summary Humanity faces some catastrophic risks to the future well-being of our children. Foremost among them are the ongoing threat of nuclear annihilation, and the new dangers posed by unchecked global warming. It is clear that all of us as world citizens must work together to counter and remove these risks, and for this […]

President Biden Promises a Summit of Democracy

President Biden wrote an article in the March/April 2020 issue of Foreign Affairsentitled ‘Rescuing U.S. Foreign Policy after Trump’, in which he promised that during his first year in office, “the US will organize and host a global Summit for Democracy to renew the spirit and shared purpose of the nations of the free world. […]

Meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

[from The Democracy Defender, newsletter of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation] Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Chairman of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last July in Denmark to discuss how to strengthen the spine of democracies against the forces of autocracy. Since then, US Secretary of State Pompeo has called […]

How Democracy Survives: The Crises of the Nation State

We have just received notice of this online symposium, which I think should be of great interest to all of us world federalists. See the website at https://www.bu.edu/pardee/how-democracy-survives-the-crises-of-the-nation-state/ In Conjunction with the Stanley Stone Distinguished Lecture Series, the BU College of General Studies, the Workable World Trust, and the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning […]