Welcome to the Democracy Roundtable, an online forum dedicated to exploring the form of government that British statesman Winston Churchill famously described as the worst, except for all the others.

This site gives you a chance to weigh in with your ideas about democratic governance and see what representatives from nongovernmental organizations in a variety of disciplines have to say. I’ll be offering ideas, asking questions, and doubtless learning some interesting things, but this is your platform for your conversation.

Personally, I’m a product of the American brand of democracy and a fan of the U.S. political process, especially with how it plays out in political campaigns. (You can find out more about that on America.gov’s U.S. Politics page.) But in the Democracy Roundtable, I’m looking forward to hearing from you about the different faces and forms democracy takes in other nations.