Paul Musgrave 
Assistant Professor of Political Science | University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA, UNITED STATES
Paul Musgrave studies U.S. foreign policy, international relations theory, and how oil revenues change political institutions.
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Areas of Expertise (5)
Elections
Partisanship
U.S. Foregin Policy
International Relations
North Korea
Biography
Paul Musgrave is a frequent contributor to the Washington Post and PBS and has been called on by media outlets including CNN, MSNBC, and Slate to discuss how U.S. domestic institutions shape foreign policy.
Currently serving as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow in Washington, D.C. , Musgrave studies U.S. foreign policy, international relations theory, and how partisanship is changing American politics.
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Education (3)
University College Dublin,: M.A., Politics
Georgetown University: Ph.D., Government
Indiana University: B.A., Political Science and History
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Press Coverage (2)
Understanding the Hong Kong Protests with Prof. Paul Musgrave
WGBY | Public Television for Western New England tv
2019-07-30
Paul Musgrave discusses what led to protests in Hong Kong.
North Korea Summit with UMass Amherst Professor Paul Musgrave | Connecting Point
WGBY tv
2018-06-19
Paul Musgrave discusses the June 2018 summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jung Un on WGBY, the public television for Western New England.
Publications (5)
Mikhail Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut Thanksgiving Miracle
Foreign PolicyPaul Musgrave
2019-11-28
In 1997, the former Soviet leader needed money, and Pizza Hut needed a spokesman. Greatness ensued.
America Is Stuck With a Broken President
Foreign PolicyPaul Musgrave
2019-10-08
Trump is unfit for office. But the system has no answers.
The U.S. tried to fix Ukraine’s government. We exported our corruption, instead.
The Washington PostPaul Musgrave
2019-09-25
Trump’s call with Zelensky shows that the greatest challenge to the post-Cold War liberal order has come from the country that was supposed to lead it
American Imperialists Have Always Dreamed of Greenland
Foreign PolicyPaul Musgrave
2019-08-16
Trump’s reported hopes of buying the Danish island exemplify his 19th-century values.
How not to fix Silicon Valley
The Washington PostPaul Musgrave
2019-08-15
The problem isn’t whether tech entrepreneurs read the humanities. It’s how they think.
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