he Democracy Seminar is a collaborative online publication project of the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) at The New School for Social Research (NSSR) and the European Democracy Institute at Bard College Berlin (BCB). Its aim is to foster wide-ranging conversations and reach readers beyond academia. It publishes short think pieces by a global network of scholars and intellectuals, representing a diversity of perspectives and experiences across the democratic left, right, and c