I just returned from the latest ministerial meeting of the Community of Democracies , an intergovernmental organization of democracies and democratizing countries with a stated commitment to strengthening and deepening democratic norms and practices worldwide. Uniquely, the CD is composed of both a governmental component and a non-governmental component of civil society organizations, and the two meet together in biennial ministerials. Though this year’s theme, Implications of the Economic Crisis on Global Democracy Promotion , is certainly timely, much of the buzz at the conference was generated by the participant list.

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