Africa: Democracy spotlighted at Biden summit, By John Allen and Reed Kramer premiumtimesng.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from premiumtimesng.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
One of the many victims of the coronavirus pandemic over the last year was democracy around the world, according to a new report from Freedom House, a non-governmental organization that tracks trends in world governments.
U.S. And India Saw Startling Declines In Freedom Over Last Decade, Report Finds
Fewer than 20% of people around the world live in “fully free” countries, according to Freedom House.
ByVersha Sharma
Published on 3/8/2021 at 10:27 AM
Pro-democracy protesters wave the U.S. flag during a flash mob rally inside a shopping mall in Sha Tin district in Hong Kong on October 13, 2019. | Getty Images
Pro-democracy protesters wave the U.S. flag during a flash mob rally inside a shopping mall in Sha Tin district in Hong Kong on October 13, 2019. | Getty Images
The world’s two biggest democracies, the U.S. and India, both saw significant declines in freedom in 2020, according to a new report from nonprofit, pro-democracy organization Freedom House.
Who will organize the world? That’s what’s at stake in the Biden-Xi contest.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives to deliver remarks about priorities for administration of US President Joe Biden in the Ben Franklin room at the State Department in Washington, U.S. March 3, 2021. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS
Who is going to organize the world? And what forces and whose interests will shape the global future?
Those were the underlying questions behind two events this past week, one in Washington and the other in Beijing, that set the stage for the geopolitical contest of our times.
Op-Ed: Biden and Xi Are Offering Dueling Worldviews — the Winner Will Shape the Global Future nbcdfw.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nbcdfw.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.