Guntram Wolff Guntram Wolff

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  • Blog
  • Interviews/press
  • Podcast
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  • CV & publication list

Guntram Wolff Guntram Wolff

  • Publications
  • Blog
  • Interviews/press
  • Podcast
  • Teaching
  • CV & publication list
# Blog, Interviews

For Europe, a gradual oil embargo is not the way to go

Our op-ed on Politico The European Commission’s plan to target Russian oil in its latest sanctions package aims to ramp up the pressure on Moscow. Oil is a major source of hard currency for Russia, and since the introduc...
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9th May 2022 by Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff, Georg Zachmann 609 views Share:
# Blog

A phase out of Russian oil may be less effective than a tariff at reducing Putin’s rents

A punitive tariff on all energy imports from Russia would be a better choice than a gradually phased-in embargo on selected fuels. The European Union’s plan to target Russian oil in the context of its latest sanctions pa...
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4th May 2022 by Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff, Georg Zachmann 707 views Share:
# Blog, Interviews

A tariff on imports of fossil fuel from Russia

Read the full opinion as published in Welt and upcoming in Kathimerini and Rzeczpospolita. Following the Russian attack on Ukraine, major sanctions have been imposed, most notably with the aim of limiting Russia’s access...
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4th May 2022 by Guntram Wolff, Georg Zachmann 680 views Share:
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# Blog, Publications

How to weaken Russian oil and gas strength

Our letter to Science is available here pdf...
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29th April 2022 by RICARDO HAUSMANN, AGATA ŁOSKOT-STRACHOTA, AXEL OCKENFELS, ULRICH SCHETTER, SIMONE TAGLIAPIETRA, GUNTRAM WOLFF, GEORG ZACHMANN 220 views Share:
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Three ways Europe could limit Russian oil and gas revenues

Our latest letter in Nature, DOI, with a somewhat misleading title…. Here is the pdf....
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9th April 2022 by Axel Ockenfels, Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff 214 views Share:
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The EU without Russian oil and gas

The EU and the West need to acknowledge and accept the fact that European liberal democracy is being defended in Ukraine – a clearer message to Putin is needed. A slow and gradual phasing out of Russian fossil fuel is ne...
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6th April 2022 by Guntram Wolff 825 views Share:
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How Europe can defeat Russia’s divide and rule strategy in the long term

The European Union will have to bolster members most vulnerable to Russian blackmail and rethink the structure of European energy markets in order to effectively counter Putin. This opinion was originally published in Ca...
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10th March 2022 by Guntram Wolff 5233 views Share:
# podcast

War in Ukraine: reflections on the economic consequences for Russia

Sergei Guriev joins Maria Demertzis and me to discuss how the Russian invasion of Ukraine will affect the economies of Russia and the world....
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10th March 2022 by Guntram Wolff 197 views Share:
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War in Ukraine: A conversation with Oleg Ustenko

Oleg Ustenko, Economic Advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky joins me to discuss the situation in Ukraine....
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10th March 2022 by Guntram Wolff 139 views Share:
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The Kremlin’s Gas Wars

How Europe Can Protect Itself From Russian Blackmail Our latest piece for Foreign Affairs is available here....
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1st March 2022 by Niclas Poitiers, Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff, Georg Zachmann 257 views Share:
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