But while Qatar calls for democracy outside its borders, democracy here is provisional at best.
Some of them aren't as strong but definitely related to the code of journalistic ethics - to seek the truth and report it, minimize harm, act independently, and be accountable: "The need for information crosses all borders", "democracy on the web works", or "you can make money without doing evil".
"If the border of democracy shifts eastward, we will be closer to the heart of Europe; it will mean more security," says one of Poland's celebrity ex-presidents, Aleksander Kwaśniewski.
"We need to vote Leave if we want to take back control of our economy, borders and democracy".
Italy's prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, was this week not just in two places at once he also managed to say contradictory things.Standing with President George Bush in the White House, he spoke proudly of being "side by side with our American ally in broadening the borders of democracy and freedom", standard neo-conservative language justifying the invasion of Iraq.
The borders between democracy and autocracy, civility and barbarity have become blurred.
When we allow our companies to close factories here, where people have a say and move them there, where people do not have a say, and then bring the same goods back here to sell, we are allowing them to escape the borders of democracy.
It's also important to remember that across the border, in Russia, democracy activists will be watching closely.
President Thabo Mbeki, the A.N.C.'s leader, says the mere notion that its dominance threatens democracy borders on racism.
The public wants the end of the supremacy of EU law and to take back control of our economy, our borders and our democracy.
