Middle East Politics: Cradle of Unrest

Posted on March 19, 2010 | Filed Under Events

Now more than ever, the Persian Gulf region offers many difficult challenges to U.S. policymakers. How will Obama’s direct appeal to Arabs and Muslims impact U.S. foreign policy in the region? What will the fallout of withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq be? Can the U.S. and its allies prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons?

Dr. F. Gregory Gause III, Middle East expert, scholar and author will join the World Affairs Council of RI on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 6:00 pm for Middle East Politics: Cradle of Unrest. Dr. Gause will report on his recent trip to the Persian Gulf and detail highlights from his newly published book International Relations of the Persian Gulf.

Location: The Hope Club, 6 Benevolent Street, Providence

Schedule:
6:00 pm-7:00 pm: Book Signing and Cocktail Reception
7:00 pm-7:45 pm: Dinner
7:45 pm-8:30 pm: Speaker Program
8:30 pm-8:45 pm: Question and Answer

*Dr. Gause will lead the Great Decisions program at 5:00 pm.

Call now to make your reservation at (401) 228–8657, or email our Executive Director, Yvonne Shilling at ygshill@yahoo.com.

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Dr. F. Gregory Gause, III is professor of political science at the University of Vermont and the Kuwait Foundation Visiting Professor of International Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.   He was previously on the faculty of Columbia University and was Fellow for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.

His research interests focus on the international politics of the Middle East, with a particular interest in the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian/Arabian Gulf. He has published three books: The International Relations of the Persian Gulf; Oil Monarchies: Domestic and Security Challenges in the Arab Gulf States; and Saudi-Yemeni Relations: Domestic Structures and Foreign Influence.

His scholarly articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Security Studies, Middle East Journal, Washington Quarterly, Journal of International Affairs, Review of International Studies and in other journals and edited volumes. He has testified on Gulf issues before Congressional committees and has made numerous appearances on television and radio commenting on Middle East issues.

Before completing his Ph. D., he held research positions at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California and at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. In the spring of 2009 he held a Fulbright Fellowship at the American University of Kuwait.

He received his Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University in 1987 and his B.A. (summa cum laude) from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia in 1980. He studied Arabic at the American University in Cairo and Middlebury College.

Location: The Hope Club, 6 Benevolent Street, Providence

5:00 pm: Great Decisions Program

6:00 pm-7:00 pm: Book Signing and Cocktail Reception

7:00 pm-7:45 pm: Dinner

7:45 pm-8:30 pm: Speaker Program

8:30 pm-8:45 pm: Question and Answer