Can Biden’s ‘divisive’ democracy summit deliver?

Billed as a rallying call for human rights and liberties, the event has been lambasted by critics such as China and even invitees are critical

Much of the advance commentary about Joe Biden's two-day Summit for Democracy has been a diplomat's version of a Charity Ball: long discussions about the guest list and how the guests will show up, and very little about its supposedly noble purpose.

Potentially a rallying point for democracy, after the west's crushing setback in Afghanistan, the summit has not been receiving rave advance notices even from those that have been invited.