Sean Cotter-Lem

Interviewer // in the committee from 05-11-2023 to 25-06-2025

Hello! I’m Sean Cotter-Lem, originally from the New York area, currently studying Political Science at the University of Amsterdam. I’m particularly interested in the evolving transatlantic relationship as well as the interplay between democracy and conflict resolution. Beyond this, I have a deep love for cooking, exploring new places, and indulging in some less-than-stellar renditions of Springsteen songs. I’m passionate about a candid exchange of ideas, so I’m excited to be a part of this team!

Interviews:

Changing Currents: The Future of the Alliance with former Dutch Minister of Defence Kajsa Ollongren

Jun 24, 2025

The TV Tycoon & The Taliban: A Conversation with Saad Mohseni, CEO of the MOBY Group

Jun 4, 2025

Empire State of Mind: Russell Shorto on the Dutch Roots of New York

Apr 2, 2025

Too Hot to Handle? R. Jisung Park on the Quiet Disruption & Division of Climate Change

Mar 24, 2025

Rewiring Democracy: Exposing the Tech Coup with Marietje Schaake

Feb 19, 2025

The Price of Peace: with Ruben Brekelmans, Dutch Minister of Defence

Feb 5, 2025

Toppling “Europe’s Last Dictator”: A Conversation with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Jan 14, 2025

RfD x JAI: Beyond the Water’s Edge: Charting a New Course for America?

Dec 12, 2024

Thinking beyond Patterns with Arend Lijphart: Democracies & Decline in the Twenty-First Century

Jun 11, 2024

What’s Left of the Left? A conversation with Bas Eickhout (#1) and Mohammed Chahim (#2), GroenLinks/PvdA

May 22, 2024

Embracing Chaos: A Conversation with Brian Klaas about Chance & Democracy

Mar 12, 2024

The Dutch as Ambivalent Europeans? A Conversation with Tom de Bruijn

Dec 7, 2023