Paul R. Gregory

Writing for PS since 2015
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Paul R. Gregory, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a research associate at the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin, is a professor at the University of Houston.

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Putin’s Government in Donbas
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Putin’s Government in Donbas

Apr 13, 2016 Paul R. Gregory discusses a report claiming that Russia exercises direct control over Eastern Ukraine.

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Why Putin Makes a Bad Ally
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Why Putin Makes a Bad Ally

Dec 3, 2015 Paul R. Gregory dismisses the idea that the Kremlin will cooperate in the fight against the Islamic State.

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Putin in the Dock
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Putin in the Dock

Aug 14, 2015 Paul R. Gregory suggests that a long string of legal rulings poses a mounting threat to Russia and its president.

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Putin’s Gas Problem
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Putin’s Gas Problem

Feb 26, 2015 Paul R. Gregory explains why Russia's effort to bypass Ukraine with a pipeline through Turkey will backfire.

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Can Europe Become a Global Player?

Mark Leonard

As the nominee to serve as the EU's next High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell will have an opportunity to update Europe's approach to foreign policy. Chief among the challenges facing the bloc is to reassert its own sovereignty in an age of great-power politics.

Is Politics Getting to the Fed?

Robert J. Barro

In the early 1980s, the chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Paul Volcker, was able to choke off runaway inflation because he was afforded the autonomy necessary to implement steep interest-rate hikes. Today, the Fed is clearly under unprecedented political pressure, and it is starting to show.