Alliance of Democracies

In March 2021, AoD was one of several entities sanctioned by the Chinese government for "severely harm[ing] China's sovereignty and interests and maliciously spread lies and disinformation," subsequent to sanctions imposed by the European Union on Chinese government officials in Xinjiang for their role in what the EU Council called a "large-scale surveillance, detention, and indoctrination program targeting Muslim ethnic minorities."{{Cite news |last=Timsit |first=Annabelle |date=2021-03-21 |title=Beijing's European sanctions are also a bid to control who tells the China story |url=https://qz.com/1987794/sanctions-on-eu-academics-point-to-worsening-relations-with-china |access-date=2021-12-13 |work=Quartz |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-03-22 |title=Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Announces Sanctions on Relevant EU Entities and Personnel |url=https://www.mfa.gov.cn/ce/cebe//eng/fyrjh/t1863128.htm |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2021-12-13}}

AoD's board members include Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Fritz Schur, and Klaus Søgaard. Jonas Parello-Plesner serves as executive director.{{Cite web |title=About Us – Alliance of Democracies |url=https://www.allianceofdemocracies.org/about/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301074436/https://www.allianceofdemocracies.org/about/ |archive-date=March 1, 2024 |access-date=2024-03-03 |language=en-US}}

The Copenhagen Democracy Summit is an international conference which is held annually in Copenhagen during the summer. The summit brings together political and business leaders, including current and former heads of government, from the world's democracies. In parallel, a similar conference takes place every winter in Denver, Colorado, United States. In light of a decline of liberal democracies across the world, the aim of the summit is to be a top international forum for analysis on the security and economic challenges facing the democratic world as well as a forum for analysis on the interplay between technology and democratic norms.{{cite web|date=21 June 2018|title=Democracies facing crisis of faith: survey|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-democracy-poll/democracies-facing-crisis-of-faith-survey-idUSKBN1JH1XE|accessdate=30 October 2018|website=Reuters|language=en}}

The first annual Copenhagen Democracy Summit took place in Copenhagen on July 22, 2018. Among those who attended were the then-Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Joe Biden, Tony Blair, Stephen Harper, Felipe Calderón, José María Aznar, and Toomas Ilves.{{cite web|last=Qvirin Holst|first=Emma|date=23 June 2018|title=Joe Biden og Tony Blair på besøg i København: Toppolitikere debatterer demokratiets fremtid|url=https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/joe-biden-og-tony-blair-paa-besoeg-i-koebenhavn-toppolitikere-debatterer-demokratiets-fremtid|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719173604/https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/joe-biden-og-tony-blair-paa-besoeg-i-koebenhavn-toppolitikere-debatterer-demokratiets-fremtid|archive-date=19 July 2018|accessdate=19 July 2018|website=Altinget|language=da}} A total of 350 participants attended from over 40 countries. One of the publications released at the conference concluded that people's trust in government is lower in democracies than in non-democratic states.{{cite web|last=Tomarchio|first=Jack Thomas|date=5 July 2018|title=Making Democracy Great Again|url=https://www.fpri.org/article/2018/07/making-democracy-great-again/|accessdate=5 May 2021|publisher=Foreign Policy Research Institute}}

The 2020 Copenhagen Democracy Summit included an intervention by then US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo,{{Cite web|last=Pompeo|first=Michael|date=19 June 2020|title=Remarks by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at Virtual Copenhagen Democracy Summit|url=https://is.usembassy.gov/europe-and-the-china-challenge/|website=U.S. Embassy in Iceland|language=en}} former US Secretaries of State John Kerry{{Cite web|date=19 June 2020|title=Copenhagen Democracy Summit Conversation with John Kerry|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?473232-3/copenhagen-democracy-summit-conversation-john-kerry|access-date=2023-05-30|website=C-SPAN|language=en}} and Madeleine Albright{{Cite web|date=19 June 2020|title=Copenhagen Democracy Summit Conversation with Madeleine Albright|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?473232-4/copenhagen-democracy-summit-conversation-madeleine-albright|access-date=2023-05-30|website=C-SPAN|language=en}} and the President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen.{{Cite web|date=19 June 2020|title=President Tsai addresses Copenhagen Democracy Summit via video|url=https://english.president.gov.tw/News/6010|access-date=2023-05-30|website=Office of President: Republic of China|language=en}} In 2021, Zuzana Čaputová, President of Slovakia spoke arguing that democracy needs three basic lines of defence - independent institutions with responsible public officials, active civil society and free media.{{Cite web|date=10 May 2021|title=Caputova: Democracy Needs Independent Institutions, Civil Society and Media|url=https://www.tasr.sk/tasr-clanok/TASR:20210510TBB00282|access-date=2023-05-30|website=News Agency of the Slovak Republic|language=en}} The 2022 Democracy Summit was closed by former United States President Barack Obama{{Cite web|date=9 June 2022|title=Strengthening Democracy in the Digital Age|url=https://www.obama.org/copenhagen-2022/|access-date=2023-05-30|website=Obama Foundation|language=en}} and addressed by Lithuania Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė,{{Cite web|date=2022-06-10|title=Prime Minister at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit: this is the '1938 moment' of our generation|url=https://lrv.lt/en/news/prime-minister-at-the-copenhagen-democracy-summit-this-is-the-1938-moment-of-our-generation|website=Government of Lithuania|language=en}} European Parliament President Roberta Metsola,{{Cite web|date=10 June 2022|title=Statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President at Copenhagen Democracy Summit|url=https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/statement-by-roberta-metsola-ep-president-at-copenhagen-democracy-summit_20220610-1005-SPECIAL-OTHER|access-date=2023-05-30|website=European Parliament Multimedia Centre|language=en}} and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.{{Cite web|date=2022-06-10|title=Zelensky addresses participants of Copenhagen Democracy Summit|url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3504081-zelensky-addresses-participants-of-copenhagen-democracy-summit.html|access-date=2023-05-30|website=Ukrinform|language=en}} In 2023, speakers included the newly-elected President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel,{{Cite web|last=Narguet|first=Guillaume|date=2023-05-15|title=Petr Pavel à Copenhague pour le Sommet de la démocratie|url=https://francais.radio.cz/petr-pavel-a-copenhague-pour-le-sommet-de-la-democratie-8783031|access-date=2023-05-30|website=Radio Prague International|language=fr}} Estonia Prime Minister Kaja Kallas,{{Cite web|date=15 May 2023|title=Remarks by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit 2023|url=https://valitsus.ee/en/news/remarks-prime-minister-kaja-kallas-copenhagen-democracy-summit-2023|access-date=2023-05-30|website=valitsus.ee|language=en}} Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg,{{Cite web|date=15 May 2023|title=NATO Secretary General at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit|url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_214522.htm|access-date=2023-05-30|website=NATO|language=en}} former United Kingdom Prime Minister Liz Truss,{{Cite web|last=McDonald|first=Andrew|date=2023-05-15|title=Liz Truss calls for deeds, not words, from West on China ahead of Taiwan visit|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-liz-truss-calls-deeds-not-words-west-china-ahead-taiwan-visit/|access-date=2023-05-30|website=Politico|language=en}} and Belarus political activist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

The 2024 Copenhagen Democracy Summit took place between 14 and 15 May and included Prime minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani, former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen, President of the European Council Charles Michel, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, among others.{{cite web | url=https://copenhagendemocracysummit.com/2024 | title=Copenhagen Democracy Summit 2024 }}

The Expeditionary Economics Program is rooted in Cold War efforts by the United States to strengthen post-war Europe and create a better economic model than the communist one offered by the Soviet Union. The program supports entrepreneurial projects in developing states, emerging democracies, and post-conflict areas for the purpose of strengthening democracy in fragile states by developing a local economic base.

The Campaign for Democracy seeks to connect supporters of democracy across the world and build an intellectual movement for democracy through a network of local associations, online presence, media engagement, and support for dissidents.

On the sidelines of the 2018 Copenhagen Democracy Summit Anders Fogh Rasmussen together with Michael Chertoff launched the Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity, which has Joe Biden, Nick Clegg, Toomas Ilves, and Felipe Calderón among its members. The commission is tasked with bolstering the defences of Western democracies against outside interference.{{Cite news|date=2 August 2018|title=Countries team up to save the liberal order from Donald Trump|newspaper=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/international/2018/08/02/countries-team-up-to-save-the-liberal-order-from-donald-trump|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|access-date=2020-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623093131/https://www.economist.com/international/2018/08/02/countries-team-up-to-save-the-liberal-order-from-donald-trump|archive-date=2020-06-23|issn=0013-0613}}

{{See also|Democracy indices}}

Working with the polling firm Dalia research or the brand research firm Latana, the Alliance has since 2018 published reports on how democracy is perceived in 50 countries around the world.{{Cite news |last=Schmitz |first=Rob |date=May 5, 2021 |title=Poll: Much Of The World Sees The U.S. As A Threat To Democracy |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/05/05/993754397/poll-much-of-the-world-sees-the-u-s-as-a-threat-to-democracy |work=NPR}}{{Cite news |last=Wintour |first=Patrick |last2= |first2= |date=2022-05-30 |title=Negative views of Russia mainly limited to western liberal democracies, poll shows |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/30/negative-views-of-russia-mainly-limited-to-western-liberal-democracies-poll-shows |access-date=2024-07-06 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite news |last=Bershidsky |first=Leonid |date=2019-06-26 |title=Opinion: The U.S. Threat to International Democracy: It's not just Donald Trump. It's the finance and technology industries, according to a recent survey. |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-06-26/the-threat-to-democracy-isn-t-donald-trump-look-at-facebook |access-date=2024-07-06 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-05-08 |title=Europeans want governments to focus more on curbing migration than climate change, a study says |url=https://apnews.com/article/democracy-climate-survey-migration-eu-43e67aee7669521167d48891afcd2788 |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=AP News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Timsit |first=Annabelle |date=2020-06-15 |title=People living in democracies don't think their countries are very democratic |url=https://qz.com/1868859/people-dont-have-much-faith-in-their-own-democracies |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Quartz |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Kristian |first=Bonnie |date=2021-05-06 |title=Reckless Foreign Policy Gives the U.S. a Bad Reputation |url=https://reason.com/2021/05/06/reckless-foreign-policy-gives-the-u-s-a-bad-reputation/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Reason.com |language=en-US}}

In 2023, AoD stated it was principally "funded by private sponsors, governments and individuals."{{cite web |url=https://www.allianceofdemocracies.org/about/ |title=About Us |website=Alliance of Democracies |access-date=16 November 2023}} It credited 56 organisations and companies as current and former supporters. The list included Atlantic Council, George W. Bush Institute, European Endowment for Democracy, Freedom House, International Republican Institute, National Democratic Institute, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs.{{cite web |url=https://www.allianceofdemocracies.org/supporters/support-our-work/ |title=Support our Work |website=Alliance of Democracies |access-date=16 November 2023}}{{Primary source inline|date=July 2024}}

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