Summits Flashcards
what is the budgetary allocation for the initiative for democratic renewal
$424.4 million
___________ held by joe biden and attended by 110 countries in 2021 is expected to be held annually and in 2022 in person where the countries may showcase the progress made towards their commitments
summit for democracy
the summit is seen as a way to counter growing ____________ influence
chinese
according to ‘freedoms of the world’ india is only
partly free
v-dem(swedish) calls india
an electoral autocracy
india has been lumped with countries like _______________- (similar levels of freedom)
hungary, turkey, phillipines
Summit for Democracy was hosted by the United States to __________________
“to renew democracy at home and confront autocracies abroad”.
Presidential Initiative for Democratic Renewal that will provide foreign assistance initiatives and will be aimed to support
free media, fight corruption, strengthen democratic reforms, for use of technology for democracy and for defence of free and fair elections.
india has mentioned the importance of democracy to its ethos by giving the example of the ancient states of ____ and _________ from 2500 years ago
republican city states of shakya and licchavi
The Summit was centered around three principal themes
Defending against authoritarianism
Addressing and fighting corruption
Advancing respect for human rights
The invitees from the Asia-Pacific region to the Democratic Summit 2021 included
India, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Pakistan, Maldives, and the Philippines.
countries from asia pacific not invited
china bangladesh bhutan sri lanka afghanistan
also additionaly, russia
the summit gathered
heads of state
civil society
philantropists
private sector
which territory does us view as a model democracy even though us doesn’t recognise it as an independent country
taiwan
it was also invited
which nato ally was not invited as the president has been called as an autocrat by biden
turkey
prez - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
which middle east countries were invited
israel and ira
which middle east countries were invited
israel and ira
did pakistan attend
nope (but was invited)
which african countries were invited
kenya, congo, south africa, niger, nigeria
which is one of the oldest democracies that uses democracy
switzerland (1848, 174 years)
who are us’s traditional arab allies
egypt, jordan, saudi, uae, qatar
india’s categorization in us based freedom houses ‘freedoms of the world’
partly-free
Together with the ____________, India was instrumental in the creation of the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) and the Community of Democracies to support democracy at international levels.
Incidentally, India is one of the largest contributors to UNDEF that supports 66 NGO-led projects in South Asia.
US
India also helped to form the ______________-, the only body within the UN system to convene democratic states based on shared values.
United Nations Democracy Caucus