Gregory Gause

Director of Middle East Studies, University of Vermont

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Director of the Middle East Studies Program at the University of Vermont and author of Oil Monarchies: Domestic and Security Challenges in the Arab Gulf States

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Polls show that vast numbers of Middle Easterners believe the US wants to divide their region, take over their oil and replace Islam with Christianity.

Is the Great Satan a Big Blunderer?

Polls show that vast numbers of Middle Easterners believe the US wants to divide their region, take over their oil and replace Islam with Christianity.

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