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In an interview for The Atlantic Center, F. Gregory Gause, III discusses the underlying motivations that drive Arab Gulf thinking when making decisions regarding regional and national security.

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An Interview with Gregory Gause: Gulf Security and the US-Gulf Relationship

October 3, 2013, F. Gregory Gause, III

Ambassador Richard LeBaron, senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, held an online conversation with F. Gregory Gause, III on the underlying motivations that drive Arab Gulf thinking when making decisions regarding regional and national security.

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