THE ARAB UPRISING:
Implications for U.S. Policy
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Location and Time:
Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center
3:00 p.m. FACULTY SEMINARRm. 217
4:15 p.m. STUDENT SEMINAR
Rm. 102
This will be an "Off the record" Q&A session discussing the Arab Uprising, U.S. Middle East
policy, and Foreign Service Careers. RSVP to troy_tessem@byu.edu by Wednesday, 25 September.
Speaker: The Hon. Gordon Gray, Former U.S. ambassador for Tunisia
Biography:
Gordon Gray joined the faculty of the National War College in July 2012. Gray had been the U.S.
ambassador to Tunisia (2009–12), witnessing the start of Arab Spring and directing the U.S. response
in support of Tunisia’s transition. Previously, he served in Iraq as senior advisor to the ambassador
(2008–09), as deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs (2005–08), where his responsibilities
included promotion of U.S. interests in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, and
oversight of the Bureau’s Regional Affairs office.
Other foreign assignments include Egypt, where he served as deputy chief of mission (2002–05),
Canada, Jordan, Pakistan, and Morocco, where he began his government career as a Peace Corps
volunteer. Gray is a member of the Middle East Institute and the American Foreign Service Association,
and he has twice received the Presidential Meritorious Service award. He received a BA from Yale and
an MA from Columbia.
