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"Derek Grossman of Rand Corp. has said the administration “basically blew up [its] Indo-Pacific strategy overnight with the Summit for Democracy.” He’s not wrong. The U.S. strategy for the region, like everybody else’s, makes the case for common democratic principles underpinning alliances to constrain illiberal actors like Beijing. Now, however, when American diplomats — or their European and Indian counterparts — go to Colombo and Dhaka and talk about “shared values,” their hosts can shut them down in seconds. Why should we listen to you blather about values, they will ask. The American president doesn’t even think we’re a democracy. " Read more.