Scholar: 'Summit' would go unnoticed

A foreign policy expert in the United States says the upcoming US-led second "Summit for Democracy" is not going to be noticed very much.

Jack Midgley, principal of the global consultancy Midgley & Co and an adjunct associate professor in the security studies program at Georgetown University, told China Daily that the meeting has low political value in the US and it will get little attention in the world.

"What we're seeing now is just a demonstration of activity. The American State Department and the administration want to show that they're active. We're starting the election season again, and it's more important to show activity than results," Midgley said. "I don't think this new summit will have much impact at all."