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In his 2014–2015 wars with Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin was hypersensitive to casualties. I imagine he remains so, even as earlier today as he ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian service members look for unexploded shells after fighting with Russian forces in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 26, 2022. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images
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Paul Roderick Gregory
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Paul Roderick Gregory, Ph.D., is a Cullen professor of economics emeritus at the University of Houston, Texas, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, and a research fellow at the German Institute for Economic Research Berlin. He writes on Russia, Ukraine, and comparative economics. He is the author of "Women of the Gulag," among other books.
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