The Rev. Ben Johnson
Ohio University alum the Rev. Ben Johnson ’97 wrote an op-ed headlined “The Bright Side Of Trade War With China?” in Eurasia Review.
Johnson earned a B.A. in History from the College of Arts & Sciences and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Johnson is a senior editor at the Acton Institute, which originally published his article. “His work focuses on the principles necessary to create a free and virtuous society in the transatlantic sphere (the U.S., Canada, and Europe),” according to his byline.
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