Informed by the 'nonhuman turn' in social sciences and humanities, this panel examines the relationship between democracy and security in a posthumanist analytical framework. On the one hand, it discusses the role that liberal democracies play in countering new and emerging threats to global peace and stability. To what extent, for example, are democratic institutions fit to address climate change and other security challenges emerging from our radical interconnectedness with other species and populations? What relevance does the answer bear…