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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Europe on a Geopolitical Fault Line

Ana Palacio

China has begun to build a parallel international order, centered on itself. If the European Union aids in its construction – even just by positioning itself on the fault line between China and the United States – it risks toppling key pillars of its own edifice and, eventually, collapsing altogether.

Is Economic Winter Coming?

Raghuram G. Rajan

Now that the old rules governing macroeconomic cycles no longer seem to apply, it remains to be seen what might cause the next recession in the United States. But if recent history is our guide, the biggest threat stems not from the US Federal Reserve or any one sector of the economy, but rather from the White House.

Will China Confront a Revolution of Rising Expectations?

Barry Eichengreen

Amid much discussion of the challenges facing the Chinese economy, the line-up of usual suspects typically excludes the most worrying scenario of all: popular unrest. While skeptics would contend that widespread protest against the regime and its policies is unlikely, events elsewhere suggest that China is not immune.