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F. Gregory Gause, III is an associate professor of political science at the University of Vermont, and director of the University's Middle East Studies Program. He was previously on the faculty of Columbia University (1987-1995) and was Fellow for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York (1993-1994). 

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 two books -- Oil Monarchies: Domestic and Security Challenges in the Arab Gulf States (Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1994); and Saudi-Yemeni Relations: Domestic Structures and Foreign Influence (Columbia University Press, 1990).

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 the Committee on International Relations of the U.S. House of Representatives, 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. From 1994 to 1996 he was president of the Society for Gulf Arab Studies.

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 (1982-83) and Middlebury College (1984).

Contact Information:

Dept. of Political Science                                 phone (802) 878-5843
University of Vermont
94 University Place                                           fax (802) 656-0758
Burlington, VT 05405-4110
USA                                                                      e-mail:  gregory.gause@uvm.edu

 

 

F. Gregory Gause, III

Department of Political Science
University of Vermont
94 University Place
Burlington, VT 05405-4110

gregory.gause@uvm.edu

Employment

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Associate Professor of Political Science, The University of Vermont (appointed 1995); Director, Middle East Studies Program, The University of Vermont (appointed 1998)

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Visiting Professorships:  McGill University (1997); Middlebury College (2002)

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Associate Professor of Political Science, Columbia University (1992-95)

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Fellow for Arab and Islamic Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, New York (1993-94)

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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University (1987-1992)


Education

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Harvard University, Department of Government, Ph. D., 1987

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Middlebury College, School of Arabic, intensive summer program, 1984

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American University in Cairo, Arabic Language Unit, 1982-1983

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St. Joseph's University (Philadelphia), A.B. in Politics (summa cum laude), 1980

 

List of Publications

            Books

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Oil Monarchies: Domestic and Security Challenges in the Arab Gulf States, Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1994, 237 pages.

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Saudi-Yemeni Relations: Domestic Structures and Foreign Influence, Columbia University Press, 1990, 288 pages. [Arabic translation published by Madbuli Bookstore, Cairo, 1993]

 

            Journal Articles

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“Can Democracy Stop Terrorism?” Foreign Affairs, Vol. 84, No. 5 (September/October 2005)

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“Balancing What?  Threat Perception and Alliance Choice in the Gulf,” Security Studies, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Winter 2003/4).

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 Saudi Arabia Challenged,” Current History, Vol. 103, No. 669 (January 2004).

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 “L’anti-americanisme en Arabie saoudite,” Critique Internationale, No. 18 (Janvier 2003).

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“Be Careful What You Wish For:  The Future of U.S.-Saudi Relations,” World Policy Journal, Vol. 49, No. 1 (Spring 2002).

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"Who Lost Middle Eastern Studies?" [review essay], Foreign Affairs, Vol. 81, No. 2, (March/April 2002).

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"Iraq's Decisions to Go to War, 1980 and 1990," Middle East Journal, Vol. 56, No. 1, (Winter 2002).

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"Saudi Arabia Over a Barrel," Foreign Affairs, Vol. 79, No. 3, (May/June 2000).

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"Systemic Approaches to Middle East International Relations," International Studies Review, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring 1999).

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"Getting It Backward on Iraq," Foreign Affairs, Vol. 78, No. 3, (May/June 1999).

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"Arms Supplies and Military Spending in the Gulf," Middle East Report, No. 204, (July-September 1997).

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"The Gulf Conundrum: Economic Change, Population Growth and Political Stability in the GCC States," The Washington Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 1, (Winter 1997).

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"The Illogic of Dual Containment," Foreign Affairs, Vol. 73, No. 2, (March/April 1994).

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"Sovereignty, Statecraft and Stability in the Middle East," Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 45, No. 2, (Winter 1992).

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"Revolutionary Fevers and Regional Contagion: Domestic Structures and the 'Export' of Revolution in the Middle East," Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 14, No. 3, (Spring 1991).

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"Yemeni Unity: Past and Future," Middle East Journal, Vol. 42, No. 1, (Winter 1988), pp. 33-47.

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"The Idea of Yemeni Unity," Journal of Arab Affairs, Vol. 6, No. 1, (Spring 1987), pp. 55-81.

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"British and American Policies in the Persian Gulf, 1968-1973," Review of International Studies (UK), Vol. 11, No. 4, (October 1985), pp. 247-273.

 

            Articles in edited volumes

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“Saudi Perceptions of the United States since 9/11,” in Tony Judt and Denis Lacorne (eds.), With US or Against US:  Studies in Global Anti-Americanism, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

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“The International Politics of the Gulf,” in Louise Fawcett (ed.), International Relations of the Middle East – 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 2005.

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Saudi Arabia and the War on Terrorism,” in Adam Garfinkle (ed.), A Practical Guide to Winning the War on Terrorism, Hoover Institution Press, 2004.  [reprinted in James F. Hoge, Jr. and Gideon Rose, eds., Understanding the War on Terror, (New York:  Council on Foreign Relations Press, 2005.

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 “Theory and System in Understanding Middle East International Politics:  Rereading Paul Noble’s The Arab System:  Pressures, Constraints and Opportunities,” in Bassel F. Salloukh and Rex Brynen (eds.), Persistent Permeability?  Regionalism, Localism and Globalization in the Middle East , Ashgate Publishing, 2004.

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“The Arabian Peninsula Monarchies from Camp David I to Camp David II,” in Robert O. Freedman (ed.), The Middle East Enters the Twenty-First Century, University Press of Florida, 2002.

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 (co-authored with Jill Crystal), “The Arab Gulf:  Will Autocracy Define the Social Contract in 2015?” in Judith S. Yaphe (editor), The Middle East in 2015:  The Impact of Regional Trends on U.S. Strategic Planning, National Defense University Press, 2002. 

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 “The Gulf War as Arab Civil War,” in Andrew J. Bacevich and Efraim Inbar (eds.), The Gulf War of 1991 Reconsidered, Frank Cass, 2002.

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"The Foreign Policy of Saudi Arabia," in Raymond Hinnebusch and Anoushiravan Ehteshami (eds.), The Foreign Policies of Middle East States, Lynne Rienner, 2002.

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"The Kingdom in the Middle: Saudi Arabia's Double Game," in James F. Hoge, Jr. and Gideon Rose, How Did This Happen? Terrorism and the New War, PublicAffairs, 2001.

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"The Persistence of Monarchy in the Arabian Peninsula: A Comparative Analysis," in Joseph Kostiner (ed.), Middle East Monarchies: The Challenge of Modernity, Lynne Rienner, 2000.

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"The UAE: Between Pax Britannica and Pax Americana," in Joseph A. Kechichian (ed.), A Century in Thirty Years: Shaykh Zayed and the United Arab Emirates, Middle East Policy Council, 2000.

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(co-authored with Michael Barnett) "Caravans in Opposite Directions: Society, State and the Development of a Community in the Gulf Cooperation Council," in Emanuel Adler and Michael Barnett (eds.), Security Communities, Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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"The Arabian Peninsula, " in Robert O. Freedman (ed.), The Middle East and the Peace Process: The Impact of the Oslo Accords, University Press of Florida, 1998.

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"The Political Economy of National Security in the GCC States," in Gary Sick and Lawrence Potter (eds.), The Persian Gulf at the Millennium: Essays in Politics, Economy, Security, and Religion, St. Martin's Press, 1997.

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"Sovereignty and its Challengers: War in Middle Eastern Inter-state Politics," in Paul Salem (ed.), Conflict Resolution in the Arab World: Selected Essays, American University in Beirut Press, 1997

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"Saudi Arabia," in Peter Sluglett and Marion Farouk-Sluglett (eds.), The Times Guide to the Middle East - 3rd edition, Times Books, 1996.

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"From 'Over the Horizon' to 'Into the Backyard': The Saudi-American Relationship and the Gulf War," in David Lesch (ed.), The United States and the Middle East: An Historical Reassessment, Westview Press, 1996.

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"Regional Influences on Experiments in Political Liberalization in the Arab World," in R. Brynen, B. Korany and P. Noble (eds.), Political Liberalization and Democratization in the Arab World: Theoretical Perspectives, Lynne Reinner, 1995.

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"Republic of Yemen," in David E. Long and Bernard Reich (eds.), The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa - 3rd edition, Westview Press, 1995.

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"Saudi Arabia," in Robert O. Freedman (ed.), The Middle East Since the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, University Press of Florida, 1993.

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"Gulf Regional Politics: Revolution, War and Rivalry," in Howard Wriggins (ed.), The Dynamics of Regional Politics: Four Systems on the Indian Ocean Rim, Columbia University Press, 1992.

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"The Arab World and the Intifada," in Robert O. Freedman (ed.), Israel and the Intifada After Two Years, Florida International University Press, 1991.

 

Paper series

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“The Approaching Turning Point:  The Future of U.S. Relations with the Gulf States ,” Analysis Paper #2, The Brookings Project on U.S. Policy Towards the Islamic World, The Brookings Institution, May 2003.

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  U.S. Policy Toward Iraq ,” Emirates Lecture Series No. 39, The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 2002.  [Arabic translation – “al-siyasa al-‘amrikiyya tijah al-‘iraq,” silsilat muhadarat al-‘imarat, No. 63, 2003]

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"Political Opposition in the Gulf Monarchies," European University Institute Working Papers, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Mediterranean Programme Series, RSC No. 2000/61, 2000.

 

            Encyclopedia articles

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"Middle East," in Bruce W. Jentleson and Thomas G. Paterson (eds.), The Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations, Oxford University Press, 1997.

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"Political Violence," in Reeva S. Simon, Philip Mattar and Richard W. Bulliet (eds.), The Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East, Macmillan Reference, 1996.

 

            Book reviews in the following journals

American Political Science Review, Political Science Quarterly, Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Middle East Journal, Middle Eastern Studies, Journal of Palestine Studies, International Journal of Middle East Studies, International Politics

 

            Collaborative projects

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(with Clifford Chanin), “U.S.-Saudi Relations:  A Rocky Road.  Report on a Saudi-American Dialogue sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation,” Middle East Policy, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Winter 2004)

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(with Clifford Chanin), “U.S.-Saudi Relations:  Bump in the Road or End of the Road?  Report on a Saudi-American Dialogue sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation,” Middle East Policy, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Winter 2003)

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(one of 13 co-authors, Janice Gross Stein as lead author), "Five Scenarios of the Israel-Palestinian Relationship in 2002: Works in Progress," Security Studies, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Summer 1998). [This is a publication of an on-going study group of international relations scholars interested in the Middle East.]

 

            Opinion and current events

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“Beware of What You Wish For,” update for Foreign Affairs website, February 8, 2006 (www.foreignaffairs.org/20060208faupdate85177/f-gregory-gause-iii/beware-of-what-you-wish-for.html)

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-“al-islamiyyun al-sa’udiyyun bayn amirka wa istiqrar al-mamlaka” [Saudi Islamists between America and the Stability of the Kingdom], Qadaya ‘Alamiyya [Global Issues], Vol. 2, No. 3 (September/October 2005)

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“Desert Conundrum,” Washington Post Book World, October 16-22, 2005

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“GCC-U.S. Relations,” in Gulf Yearbook 2004, (Dubai:  Gulf Research Center, 2005)

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“The Gulf and U.S.-EU Relations,” in Christian Koch (ed.), Unfulfilled Potential:  Exploring the GCC-EU Relationship, (Dubai:  Gulf Research Center, 2005)

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“The United States and Democratization in the Gulf:  An Uncertain Balance,” Journal of Social Affairs [published by the Sociological Association of the UAE and the American University of Sharjah], Vol. 21, No. 84, Winter 2004.

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“The FP Memo:  How to Reform Saudi Arabia Without Handing It to Extremists,” Foreign Policy, September/October 2004.
“Gulf Policy,” Transatlantic Dialogue on Middle East Policy, Netherlands Institute of International Relations – Clingendael (in cooperation with the Council on Foreign Relations), June 2004

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Saudi Arabia at a Crossroads?  Notes from a Recent Visit,” Strategic Insights, Vol. 3, Issue 2 (February 2004) – the on-line publication of the Center for Contemporary Conflict at the Naval Postgraduate School (www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/si/)

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  “Plans Needed Now for Postwar Iraq ,” Newsday ( New York ), March 20, 2003 .

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 testimony to U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on the Middle East, on U.S.-Saudi relations (May 22, 2002)

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(co-authored with Michael Barnett) "Trusteeship Should Rule West Bank," Newsday, April 17, 2002

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testimony to U.S. House of Representative, Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on the Middle East, on Saudi Arabia and U.S.-Saudi Relations (May 22, 2002)

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(co-authored with Richard Murphy), "Democracy and U.S. Policy in the Muslim Middle East," Middle East Policy, Vol. 5, No. 1, (January 1997).

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"Middle East: Peace and the Changing Order," Great Decisions 1997, Foregin Policy Association, New York.

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testimony to U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on International Relations, on political situation in Saudi Arabia (September 25, 1996).

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"Islamic Political Opposition in the Arabian Peninsula Monarchies," Muslim Politics Report, Council on Foreign Relations, No. 8 (Summer 1996).

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"Instability in the Gulf?" Newsletter of the Society for Gulf Arab Studies, Vol. 6, No. 1 (June 1996).

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"Post-War Gulf Security: Hegemony, Balance or Concert," Al-Nadwah: The Bulletin of the World Affairs Council - Amman, Jordan, Vol. 3, No. 1, (May 1991).

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"The Post-Gulf Crisis Crisis: The Middle East After the War for Kuwait," The Beirut Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, (Spring 1991).

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"Regional Security Arrangements in the Persian Gulf: Post-Cold War and Post-Kuwait Crisis Scenarios," The Iranian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 3, No. 1, (Spring 1991). [Paper delivered at The Third Seminar on the Persian Gulf, Institute for Political and International Studies, Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 1991.]

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"For Peace, the U.S. Must Talk to Iran," New York Newsday, February 13, 1991, op-ed page. [Iraq-Kuwait crisis]

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"Bring 'em Home Now," New York Newsday, August 19, 1990, op-ed page. [Iraq-Kuwait crisis]

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"Keep Our Eyes on Real American Interests," Los Angeles Times, August 2, 1989, op-ed page. [Lebanese hostage crisis]

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"The Vatican, Israel and American Catholics," The Newman Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2, (Spring 1988), pp. 29-32.

 

            Works in progress

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projected book-length project on war and alliance decisions by Arab states in the Gulf region, 1971-2002

Academic Honors

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Participant, Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on Democracy in the Arab World, 2004-5

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Project Director (with Richard Murphy), Council on Foreign Relations Study Group on the Gulf Monarchies, 1999

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Project Director (with Richard Murphy), Council on Foreign Relations Seminar Series on Democratization and American Foreign Policy in the Arab World, 1995

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Pew Summer Fellowship in Case Teaching in International Relations, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1989

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American Professors for Peace in the Middle East traveling fellowship (Israel), summer 1988

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Charles Sumner dissertation award, Harvard University, 1987

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Research Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution, 1986-87

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Foreign Language and Area Studies grants, 1982-83, summer 1984, 1984-85, 1985-86

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Intern, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, summer 1981

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Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholar (a four-year scholarship given annually by the Federal government to 50 students interested in the study and practice of politics), 1978



Professional Service

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Editorial Board, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 2005-

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Editorial Board, Polity (journal of the Northeast section of the American Political Science Association), 1997-

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Middle Eastern Studies Association of North America:  Member, Committee on Academic Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa, 2000-05

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Nominating Committee, Arthur Ross Book Award, Council on Foreign Relations, 2002-05

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Associate Editor, Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, 1997-

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Social Science Research Council: Member, Graduate Fellowship Screening Committee, Joint Committe on the Near and Middle East, 1995

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Society for Gulf Arab Studies: President, 1994-96; Vice-President, 1998-2000; Board of Directors, 1993, 1996-98; Nominating Committee, 1992; Dissertation Prize Committee, 1991, 1997, 1999

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American Institute for Yemeni Studies: Nominating Committee, 1997; Fellowship Committee, 1996-7, 1995-6, 1994-95

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Editorial Board, Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East [a joint project of Columbia's Middle East Institute and Macmillan], published in 1996

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Manuscript reviewer: Cornell University Press, Princeton University Press, Columbia University Press, Cambridge University Press, State University of New York Press, University Press of Florida, Lynne Rienner, W. H. Freedman, Westview Press, Addison Wesley Longman, International Organization, World Politics, Middle East Journal, International Journal of Middle East Studies, International Studies Quarterly, Comparative Politics, Studies in Comparative International Development, International Affairs (Canada)

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Nominated Memberships: Council on Foreign Relations, International Institute for Strategic Studies

Languages

reading and speaking proficiency in Arabic, reading competence in Spanish. Academic and research experience in Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Occupied Territories, Morocco.

 

Personal

born (7/8/58) and raised in Wilmington, Delaware
married to Cynthia Lane (8/16/86), two children