F. Gregory Gause, III
F. Gregory Gause, III is the John H. Lindsey ’44 Chair, Professor of
International Affairs and Head of the International Affairs Department
at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M
University. He is the author of three books and numerous articles on
the politics of the Middle East, with a particular focus on the Arabian
Peninsula and the Persian Gulf.
You can find his Google Scholar page here.
Recent Inteviews and Media Appearances
- “Why Biden Can’t Ice Out Saudi Arabia,” What Next podcast, Slate, June 22, 2022
- “The Roots of the Middle East Crisis,” panel discussion with Lisa Anderson, Marc Lynch and Vali Nasr, moderated by Amb. Barabara Bodine, May 10, 2022
- Panel discussion with Marc Lynch and Amaney Jamal, moderated by Foreign Affairs deputy editor Justin Vogt, on “A New Era in the Middle East?” based on recent articles in Foreign Affairs by the participants, March 8, 2022
- “Deciphering Saudi Arabia in the Biden Era,” Institut Montaigne, June 17, 2021
- Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, “How to Work with Saudi Arabia and MBS,” April 7, 2021
Recent Writings
- “The Price of Order: Settling for Less in the Middle East,” Foreign Affairs, March/April 2022
- “What Does U.S. ‘Withdrawal’ from the Middle East Mean?”, Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, Blog Post, December 10, 2021
- “Biden’s Iraq and Afghanistan Policies Don’t Signal Regional Withdrawal,” The National Interest, August 18, 2021
- “The Trump Administration and the Middle East: Not Much Change, Not Much Success,” H-Diplo/ISSF Policy Series 2021-27, America and the World – The Effects of the Trump Presidency
- “Saudi Arabia: How Much Change?” in James L. Gelvin (ed.), The Contemporary Middle East in an Age of Upheaval, Stanford University Press, 2021
- “The United States is the Last Check on MBS's Power,” Foreign Affairs.com, March 30, 2021