Singaporean online media "Mothership" said that the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace analyzed the list and speculated that some of the invitees were for strategic reasons: Pakistan, the Philippines and Ukraine have broader strategic interests for the United States, such as counter-terrorism or Countering the influence of China and Russia; regional dynamics play a role, such as Iraq being invited so that Israel will not be "the only one in the Middle East." Some analysts say that India, whose governance model is gradually blurring, was invited because of its importance in the US "Indo-Pacific Strategy." But the United States also has a "choice dilemma." Bloomberg said that Biden’s “Democracy Summit” plan has proven to be a challenge because the government has been trying to solve the problem of who should be invited and who should not be invited. Some analysts believe that the United States' exclusion of some traditional partners from the "democratic camp" will deepen the gap between the two sides; the invitation of some countries or regions that are suspected of "democratic regression" will affect the "credibility" of the summit. According to Reuters, human rights groups have questioned whether the "democracy summit" can promote meaningful action by those invited leaders.