Martin Gelin is a journalist and author based in New York. His work has appeared in the New Republic, Foreign Policy, BBC, and NPR.
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Martin Gelin is a journalist and author based in New York. His work has appeared in the New Republic, Foreign Policy, BBC, and NPR.
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