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Asia, Europe, And Global Democracy: Beyond The Summit For Democracy

The European democracies might help activate more Asian engagement in the summit process to the extent that they can show this process is not about a uniquely U.S. assault on China. In return, Asian democracies can help re-energize European democracy policies by showing that democracy support is not Western-centric.

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Published on Dec 17, 2021
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Richard Youngs
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Richard Youngs
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