In February 2022 Beijing became the first-ever city to host both the Winter and Summer Olympic Games. While there were many successes for...

On Monday, February 7, 2022, the Dutch Ambassador for the Arctic Council, Rene van Hell, was interviewed by Sefa Room for Discussion. He...

“Consider the Lobster” by the late David Foster Wallace is a 7-page field notes article published in Gourmet Magazine in 2004. It is one...

The constant, calculated, and systematic attacks on the fourth estate of democracy, media, leave it wobbling and weak. All around the...

While individuals across the world and all sectors of society have suffered hardships because of the COVID-19 pandemic, personal...

The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) took place between the 31st of October and the 13th of November...

In the second physical interview of Room for Discussion this year, the guest was Diederik Samsom. Samsom served as the leader of the...

Conservatism has been one of the main political ideologies of western-style democracies since before WWII. It comes in many flavors, from...

Ora et labora. Pray and work. This was one of the main teachings of Catholicism in the Middle Ages, giving many people what they needed:...

Since the pandemic’s start, it has always been clear which countries would have had a head start in their vaccination campaign and...

Last Saturday from Rome, Pope Francis addressed lawmakers from around the globe, with a message of unity. Francis urged that political...

Title: Eumeswil Writer: Ernst Jünger Year of publication: 1977 Review: Few men have lived more political history, their thought and...

In May 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) director announced that the world had reached a situation of ‘vaccine apartheid’ – where...

*quoted by Ruhollah Khomeini, founder and president of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1980-1988 Covid cases are reaching an all-time...

It has been two years since Greta Thunberg’s influential speech to the UN leaders about how they failed our world due to many...

On an unusually sunny day in Amsterdam, I sat across Dennise Yeh, a Taiwanese-born, internationally-bred businesswoman. Dennise is...

After the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic around December 2019, our lives have been drastically changed, regardless of which...

Walking into Roua Atelier in Amsterdam Oud-West instantly transported me back to the art class I took and loved as a child. I was greeted...

Due to global warming and environmental problems, sustainable living is becoming a more critical necessity by the day. Society has to...

“The Line”. What sounds like one of Netflix’s dystopian shows is actually a fully-fledged project of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed...