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
- “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
- Council on Foreign Relations Academic Webinar, “Should We Stay or Should We Go? America’s Role in the Middle East,” February 24, 2021
- Panel discussion,"Iran v. Saudi Arabia," Farzaneh Family Center for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies, University of Oklahoma, January 28, 2021
- Panel discussion on the Biden Administration and the Middle East January 26, 2021
- “The Future of U.S.-Saudi Relations,” Arab Gulf Studies Institute in Washington, August 27, 2020
- “The Future of U.S.-Saudi Relations,” Quincy Institute panel discussion (with Madawi Al-Rasheed and Aaron David Miller), May 27, 2020
Recent Writings
- “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
- “Saudi Arabia and Regional Leadership: The Impossibility of Hegemony”, Insight No. 243, Middle East Centre, National University of Singapore, August 25, 2020
- “The End of Saudi Arabia's Ambitions”, Foreign Affairs (website), August 4, 2020
- “Saudi Arabia and Sectarianism in Middle East International Relations”, Sectarianism and International Relations, POMEPS Studies 38, March 2020