American diplomat
Gordon Gray III (born 1956) is the Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs[ 1] at George Washington University . He was previously a professor of practice at Penn State's School of International Affairs .[ 2] He is a retired United States Foreign Service Officer and former career member of the Senior Foreign Service who attained the rank of minister-counselor . He joined the faculty of the National War College in July 2012[ 3] and held the positions of deputy commandant and international affairs advisor from June 2014 to June 2015.[ 4] He was the U.S. ambassador to Tunisia , having been sworn in on August 20, 2009, after his appointment to the position by President Barack Obama, and served until July 5, 2012.[ 5] [ 6]
He retired from the Foreign Service in June 2015.[ 7] In July 2015, he joined the National U.S.–Arab Chamber of Commerce as the organization's executive vice president, serving in that capacity until August 2017.[ 8] [ 9] He served as the chief operating officer of the Center for American Progress , a research and advocacy institute in Washington, DC, from September 2017 until October 2021.[ 10]
Gray is also a non-resident fellow of Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy,[ 11] which in 2017 published his case study on Tunisia and the start of the Arab Spring .[ 12] Gray's other writings have been published by Time ,[ 13] Newsweek ,[ 14] The National Interest ,[ 15] The Journal of Diplomacy ,[ 16] Just Security, [ 17] Manara Magazine, [ 18] The Arab Weekly ,[ 19] Foreign Service Journal ,[ 20] The Hill ,[ 21] Frankfurter Rundschau ,[ 22] Euronews ,[ 23] The Washington Diplomat ,[ 24] National Security Journal ,[ 25] and translated into French by Leaders , a Tunisian magazine.[ 26]
Gray serves on the Board of Directors of AMIDEAST [ 27] and the Tunisian-American Young Professionals Association[ 28] as well as on the advisory council of the Middle East Institute 's North Africa and Sahel program.[ 29]
^ "Gray, Ambassador (ret.) Gordon | Elliott School of International Affairs | The George Washington University" . Elliott School of International Affairs . Retrieved January 8, 2024 .
^ "School of International Affairs hires career diplomat as new professor | Penn State University" . Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved December 9, 2021 .
^ "Gordon Gray" . National War College. Retrieved September 10, 2012 .
^ "Ambassador Gordon Gray" . National War College. Retrieved January 12, 2015 .
^ Bewig, Matt; Wallechinsky, David. "Ambassador to Tunisia: Who Is Gordon Gray?" . AllGov. Retrieved January 20, 2011 .
^ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts" . whitehouse.gov . June 11, 2009. Retrieved January 20, 2011 – via National Archives .
^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR GORDON GRAY" (PDF) . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training . February 10, 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 18, 2024. Retrieved July 18, 2024 .
^ "NUSACC Welcomes Ambassador (Ret.) Gordon Gray As Executive Vice President" (PDF) . NUSACC. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 4, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2015 .
^ "Washington-area appointments and promotions for Aug. 17, 2015" . Washington Post . Retrieved August 18, 2015 .
^ "Gordon Gray" . Center for American Progress . Retrieved December 9, 2021 .
^ "Ambassador (Ret.) Gordon Gray" . ISD . Retrieved June 2, 2020 .
^ "Case 339 - Tunisia and the Start of the Arab Spring" . Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University . Retrieved June 2, 2020 .
^ "Nobel Peace Prize Honors Resilience of the Tunisian People" . Time . Retrieved June 2, 2020 .
^ "Support Civil Society in Tunisia" . Newsweek . March 28, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2023 .
^ Gray, Gordon (April 11, 2018). "Why Pompeo Must Prioritize U.S. Diplomacy" . The National Interest . Retrieved June 2, 2020 .
^ "Lessons Learned from a Dictator's Overthrow – Featured Opinion of Former Ambassador Gordon Gray – Journal of Diplomacy" . blogs.shu.edu . April 26, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2020 .
^ "Heed the Lessons From 2011 Libya to Prevail in Ukraine Today" . Just Security . June 28, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022 .
^ "Deploy All the Instruments of Statecraft, Not Just the Military Ones" . July 2, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022 .
^ "Running after the revolution | Gordon Gray" . AW . Retrieved June 2, 2020 .
^ "The Foreign Service Journal, March 2020" . FlippingBook . Retrieved June 2, 2020 .
^ Oliveira, Alexandra (June 25, 2020). "Will the next administration restore diplomacy in the Middle East?" . The Hill . Retrieved March 2, 2021 .
^ "Tunesien braucht Hilfe bei Demokratisierung" . www.fr.de (in German). April 3, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ "Tunisia can still be a catalyst for global democratic reform" . euronews . April 9, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ Diplomat, Washington (April 23, 2024). "Tunisia holds valuable lessons for us all as democracy stumbles" . Washington Diplomat . Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ Gray, Gordon (July 17, 2024). "The Risks of Donald Trump 2.0 Foreign Policy" . NationalSecurityJournal . Retrieved July 31, 2024 .
^ "Courir après la révolution" . Leaders (in French). Retrieved June 2, 2020 .
^ "Board of Directors" . AMIDEAST . Retrieved May 24, 2022 .
^ "Meet the Team" . Tunisian American Young Professionals - Board Members . Retrieved May 24, 2022 .
^ "North Africa and the Sahel" . Middle East Institute . Retrieved May 24, 2022 .