Among the countries excluded from the gathering are several states that have frustrated America with their democratic backsliding in recent years
out of 100 based on 25 metrics of political rights and civil liberties. It then rates them as “free”, “partly free” or “not free”. Mr Biden’s list includes nearly all the “free” countries, which can safely be considered democracies, save a few European microstates. But another tranche of invitees, such as Zambia and Moldova , are considered only “partly free” by Freedom House. Three states—the Democratic Republic of Congo , Iraq and Angola —are rated “not free”.
How else then might the Biden administration have decided on the list? The need for regional diversity may have helped states such as Iraq , Kenya and Niger make the cut. Strategic considerations were also at play. Pakistan and Ukraine have lacklustre democratic records but one is a strategically important American partner and the other is under threat of occupation from an authoritarian regime.
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