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2020. 3 As president, Biden says he would take immediate steps to renew US democracy ... world summit on climate change, he also plans to organize a global Summit for Democracy

Surprisingly, only 51 percent of respondents think of South Korea as a democracy ... with 40% thinking it is not a democracy), despite the country’s status as ... approach to North Korea when they are unaware that South Korea is a liberal democracy

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70%, up 4 percentage points from 2006) and will not lead to the spread of democracy ... for other nations: “We must be leaders in the world to demonstrate that a democracy ... Twenty- nine percent say that America should encourage democracy in this case

Ideologically, Moscow and Beijing have shared interests in rejecting US hegemony and democracy

struggle with Russia as well as the US competition with China as contests between democracies

the security interests of both countries as well as shared values such as democracy

the interest group politics that, for better or worse, are inseparable from democracy ... the U.S. aim with sanctions against Cuba is to turn it into a full-fledged democracy ... this is an unrealistic goal, as a full shift to democracy would likely disempower

US politics, public opinion, and global implications.