F. Gregory Gause, III is the Kuwait Foundation Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School starting January 2009. While at the Kennedy School he retains his professorship in the political science department at the University of Vermont.  At the University of Vermont, he was director of the Middle East Studies Program (1998-2008).  Previously he served 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 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 articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Middle East Journal, Security Studies, Washington Quarterly and in other journals and edited volumes.  He is currently completing a book on the international politics of the Persian Gulf.

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.  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).