The 2019 BCSMF build on the 2018 BCSMF, which was dedicated to the topic of »Populism, Identity Politics, and the Erosion of Democracy«. As a testimony of the 2018 BCSMF, the FES Indonesia Office, together with KEMLU and with support of the Coordinating Ministry of Human Development and Culture (Kemenko PMK), produced a book with related papers of distinguished 2018 BCSMF experts. The book was launched officially at the 2019 BCSMF through a handover ceremony between FES and BDF icon Hasan Wirajuda. The present 2019 BDF publication will continue with this welcomed documentation of the vibrant exchange in Bali. Especially since representatives of KEMLU also supported the idea to distribute publications at the 2020 BDF.