Russian and Chinese ambitions to be great powers tested the Obama administration and will pose a continuing challenge to President Trump's ability to maintain the global network of U.S. alliances. But a group of House lawmakers isn't leaving that task to the president.

The House Democracy Partnership, a bipartisan commission of lawmakers started in 2005, is augmenting traditional executive branch diplomacy by building relationships with members of foreign legislatures in emerging democracies.

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