Thursday, April 12, 2012

Conference Call on Saudi Arabia

On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Professor Seth Weinberger invites you to participate in the next Academic Conference Call on Thursday, April 12, from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM in WY 326. F. Gregory Gause III, professor of political science at the University of Vermont, will discuss his recent Council Special Report, "Saudi Arabia in the New Middle East."

Dr. Gause is professor and chair of the political science department at the University of Vermont. In 2009 and 2010, he was the Kuwait Foundation visiting professor of international affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School. Dr. Gause served as fellow for Arab and Islamic studies at the Council on Foreign Relations from 1993 to 1994. He has testified before congressional committees on Gulf issues, made numerous appearances on radio and television to comment on the Middle East, and published scholarly articles in "Foreign Affairs" and many other journals. Dr. Gause's most recent book is "The International Relations of the Persian Gulf."

Please RSVP to Professor Weinberger at sweinberger@pugetsound.edu if you would like to attend.