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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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By Richard Youngs
Published on Dec 17, 2021

East Asia Institute

About the Author

Richard Youngs

Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program

Richard Youngs is a senior fellow in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, based at Carnegie Europe. He works on EU foreign policy and on issues of international democracy.

    Recent Work

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    Post-U.S. International Democracy Support: Aspiration in Search of Substance

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    The EU Needs a Third Way in Iran

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Richard Youngs
Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Richard Youngs
Political ReformDemocracyNorth AmericaUnited StatesSouth AsiaEast AsiaSoutheast AsiaWestern Europe

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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