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  • Elias Rutten

    Elias Rutten is a philosophically inclined political economist and journalist with a Master's degree in Global Political Economy (cum laude) from Leiden University. He has written for major Dutch National Newspapers and a political party think-tank.

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    I'm a historian and columnist whose Substack is called America Explained. It's about American history, politics and foreign policy - all tied together.

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