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In this week's podcast, Marc Lynch begins the episode by announcing the winners of the American Political Science Association MENA Politics Section Awards. (Starts at 0:56) Maya Mikdashi of the Rutgers University joins Marc Lynch on this week's podcast to discuss her new book, Sectarianism: Sovereignty, Secularism, and the State in Lebanon. The book analyzes how sex, sexuality, and sect shape and are shaped by law, secularism, and sovereignty in Lebanon. (Starts at 5:47). On today's episode, March Lynch speaks with Greg Gause of Texas A&M University, Curtis Ryan of Appalachian State University, and Waleed Hazbun of the University of Alabama about their chapter in The Political Science of the Middle East: Theory and Research Since the Arab Uprisings, which focuses on the U.S.'s declining geopolitical leverage in the Middle East. (Starts at 36:41). Music for this season's podcast was created by Myyuh. You can find more of her work on SoundCloud and Instagram.
In this episode, recorded in front of a live audience at Downtown Uncorked, hosts Greg Gause and Justin Bullock chat with Raymond Robertson about trade, economics, and the Mosbacher Institute. Check it out! Here's a link for more information on the Mosbacher Institute: https://bush.tamu.edu/mosbacher/
In this episode of Bush School Uncorked, host Justin Bullock and Greg Gause chat with John Schuessler and Andrew Ross about US Grand Strategy and the Bush School's new Albritton Center for Grand Strategy. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at Downtown Uncorked in Downtown Bryan, TX on January 15th, 2019.
In this episode, host Justin Bullock and Greg Gause chat with John Schuessler and Andrew Ross about US Grand Strategy and the Bush School's new Albritton Center for Grand Strategy. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at Downtown Uncorked on January 15th, 2019.
In this episode, Bush School Professors, Justin Bullock and Greg Gause host Professors Lori Taylor and Ann Bowman to discuss education, education policy in Texas, issue concerning state governance, and the upcoming elections. Enjoy! You can find a transcript for this episode and all our Bush School Uncorked episodes at: http://bush.tamu.edu/podcast.
In this episode, Bush School Professors, Justin Bullock and Greg Gause host Professors Lori Taylor and Ann Bowman to discuss education, education policy in Texas, issue concerning state governance, and the upcoming elections. Enjoy! You can find a transcript for this episode and all our Bush School Uncorked episodes at: http://bush.tamu.edu/podcast.
This week, Justin Bullock talks with Greg Gause about the basics of international relations, how the US has interacted in the global arena post-WWII, and how to make sense of some of the current global conflict, particularly between the US and actors in the Middle East. Video of this class can found here: https://youtu.be/PkVsaGPI6DM Here are two links that Greg provided after the talk that he thought might be helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWOyze8K22I http://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/26/one-world-rival-theories/
Greg Gause speaks with Marc Lynch about the challenges Saudi Arabia is facing: the global oil slump, the future of the GCC's collective stability and its intervention in Yemen.
Saudi Arabia is facing challenges: the global oil slump, the future of the GCC's collective stability and its intervention in Yemen. "Yemen was the place they decided to strike back," Greg Gause tells Marc Lynch in this latest POMEPS podcast. "I think both because they've always seen it as their backyard — part of their special preserve — where they were least likely to directly confront the Iranians. You do something like they're doing in Syria, and you're fighting the Iranians directly." There are signs, Gause says, that an end may be in sight. "The fact there was a Houthi delegation in Riyadh in April show that those in charge are looking for an exit ramp." Saudi Arabia's economic challenges lie beyond low oil prices. "The Saudi private sector has been a job creating machine in the last decade. It's just that almost all of those jobs have gone to foreigners...the real core of this how do you make it so Saudi private sector hire more Saudis without destroying the business model they've created. I don't see that in vision 2030." Gause says he believes the stability of Saudi regime is sound. "Fiscal crisis can create regime crisis." But Gause notes, "I don't see the kinds of fissues in the ruling family that could lead to serious problems in Saudi Arabia." Back in the 1980s and 90s, Saudi Arabia "ran their debt up to a 100% of GDP. There's no indication the Saudis won't be able to sell their government bonds. I think they actually have plenty of room to put off fiscal crisis." Looking beyond Saudi to its neighbors, "when things are really serious, the GCC comes together." But, Gause warns, "It would be a mistake for us to overestimate the policy coherence of the GCC, even now." 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.