Professor of Government, International Politics and Policy
Email: gjmoore@phc.edu
Phone: 540-441-8238
Educational Background:
PhD, International Studies (International Politics, Comparative Politics, and China/East Asia); Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado.
M.A., Government and Foreign Affairs; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
B.A., Art major and English minor; Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota.
LANGUAGE STUDY, STUDY ABROAD, Mandarin Chinese: Inter-University Program (administered by UC Berkeley) at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; Renmin University of China, Beijing, China; Beijing Chinese Language and Culture College, Beijing, China; Exchange Student: University of Dar-Es-Salaam, Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania.
Time at PHC: 2024 to present
Gregory J. Moore (PhD University of Denver) is the Professor of International Relations in the Department of Government at Patrick Henry College and a Senior Fellow at the National Institute for Deterrence Studies. Previously, he was a Stanton Fellow in the Political Science Department at the U.S. Air Force Academy (Colorado), a professor at Colorado Christian University (Lakewood, Colorado), the University of Nottingham (Ningbo, China), Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China), and a fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies in Washington (2019-2020). His research interests include international relations and security, Chinese foreign policy, US foreign policy, Sino-American Relations, East Asian IR/security issues, emerging technologies, and politics. He is the author of numerous articles on international relations and Indo-Pacific security issues, is the author/editor of North Korean Nuclear Operationality: Regional Security and Non-Proliferation (Johns Hopkins, 2014), author of Niebuhrian International Relations: The Ethics of Foreign Policymaking (Oxford, 2020), An International Relations Research Methods Toolkit (forthcoming, Routledge), and is working on a book on Sino-American relations. He is a member of the (U.S.) National Committee on United States-China Relations and member and former president of the Association of Chinese Political Studies.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Niebuhrian International Relations: The Ethics of Foreign Policymaking (Oxford University Press, 2020).
North Korean Nuclear Operationality: Regional Security and Non-Proliferation, Gregory J. Moore, editor and contributor of four chapters, with Graham Allison, David Kang, Andrei Lankov, Daniel Twining, Jing-dong Yuan, etc. (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014).
Human Rights and US Policy Toward China (St. Davids, Pennsylvania: Crossroads Monograph Series, 1999).
Book Manuscripts in Process
A Toolkit for International Relations Research (Routledge, forthcoming).
Sino-American Relational Cultures: Enemies, Rivals, or Friends?
Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters:
“China, Russia and the United States: Balance of Power or Atomistic National Narcissism?” in Brandon Yoder, ed., The United States and Contemporary China-Russia Relations (Palgrave, 2022).
“Huawei and Cyber-Sovereignty: China’s Challenge to the West,” Journal of Chinese Political Science (June, 2022; doi.org/10.1007/s11366-022-09814-2).
“The Logic of Power Politics: The Thucydides Trap and the China-US Trade War,” in Shiping Hua, editor, The Political Logic of the U.S.-China Trade War (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield, 2022).
“Audience Costs and China’s South China Sea Island Building,” with Christopher Primiano, Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs (Nov. 1, 2020; DOI: 10.1177/2347797020962635).
“The True Origins of the Sino-American Thucydides Trap,” in Bart Gaens and Ville Sinkkonen (eds), The US and China: Rising Rivalry, FIIA Report (Helsinki: Finnish Institute of International Affairs, September 2020).
“Bismarck or Wilhelm? China’s Peaceful Rise vs. China’s South China Sea Policy,” Asian Perspective 42/2 (April-June, 2018): 265-283.
“New Developments in Chinese Foreign Policy,” Introduction to Special Issue, Asian Perspective 42/2 (April-June, 2018): 155-158.
“Avoiding a Thucydides Trap in Sino-American Relations (…and 7 Reasons why that Might be Difficult),” Asian Security 13/2 (2017): 98-115.
“The Power of ‘Sacred Commitments’ - Chinese Interests in Taiwan,” Foreign Policy Analysis 12/2 (April, 2016): 214-235.
“The Difference a Day Makes: Understanding the End of the Sino-American ‘Tacit Alliance,’” International Studies Review 16/4 (December, 2014): 540-574.
“‘In Your Face’ - Domestic Politics, Nationalism and ‘Face’ in the Sino-Japanese Islands Dispute,” Asian Perspective 38/2 (April-June, 2014): 219-240.
“The Sino-Japanese Dispute over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands: Dangers and Opportunities,” Introduction to Special Issue, Asian Perspective 38/2 (April-June, 2014).
“Constructing Cooperation in Northeast Asia: Historical Northeast Asian Dyadic Cultures and the Potential for Greater Regional Cooperation,” Journal of Contemporary China 22/83 (Sept., 2013): 887-904.
“An International Relations Perspective on the Science, Politics and Potential of an Extraterrestrial Sino-American Arms Race,” Asian Perspective 35/4 (Winter, 2011).
“History, Face and Nationalism in Sino-Japanese Relations,” Journal of Chinese Political Science 15/3 (September, 2010): 283-306.
“Less Beautiful, Still Somewhat Imperialist: Beijing Eyes Sino-US Relations,” in Shaun Breslin, editor, A Handbook of Chinese International Relations, New York and Oxford: Routledge (2010).
“China’s Strategic Posture in the Asia-Pacific Region under the Leadership of Hu Jintao,” in Simon Shen, editor, China's Multi-dimensional Diplomacy after 9-11 (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield, 2010).
“Not Very Material but Hardly Immaterial: China’s Bombed Embassy and Sino-American Relations,” Foreign Policy Analysis, 6/1 (2010): 23-41.
“Research Methods for International Relations Studies: Assembling an Effective Toolkit,” (in Chinese), Wang Jianwei, ed., Handbook of International Relations (Beijing: Renmin University Press, 2010); 莫凯歌，《国际关系研究方法：组合有效的工具箱》，王建伟主编，国际关系学，北京：人民大学出版社，2010; and (online in English) at International Studies Association’s 48th Annual Conference Proceedings, Chicago, IL (2007).
“America’s Failed North Korea Policy: A New Approach,” Asian Perspective, 32/4 (Winter, 2008).
With Veronica Kitchen, “The Importance of Multinational and Transnational Cooperation Strategies for Homeland Security,” in Paul Viotti, Michael Opheim and Nicholas Bowen, eds., Terrorism and Homeland Security: Thinking Strategically About Policy (London: CRC/Taylor and Francis, 2008).
“How North Korea Threatens China’s Interests: Understanding Chinese ‘Duplicity’ on the North Korean Nuclear Issue,” International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 8 (2008): 1-29.
“The Roles of Misperceptions and Perceptual Gaps in the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1995-1996,” in Shiping Hua and Sujian Guo, eds., China in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities (New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2007.
Other Articles and Essays
“Hypersonic Tonic: A US New Year’s Resolution on Hypersonic Offense and Defense,” The National Interest (December 31, 2022; https://nationalinterest.org/feature/hypersonic-tonic-new-year%E2%80%99s-resolution-united-states-206068).
“Biden’s Submission to Hostage Diplomacy Endangers Americans Abroad,” Washington Times (December 19, 2022; https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/dec/19/bidens-submission-to-hostage-diplomacy-endangers-a/)
“Biden is Right: The United States Must Defend Taiwan,” The National Interest (July 26, 2022; https://nationalinterest.org/feature/biden-right-united-states-must-defend-taiwan-203809).
"How to Get Poland's MiG-29 Jets To Ukraine to Battle Russia,” 1945 (March 25, 2022; https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/03/how-to-get-polands-mig-29-jets-to-ukraine-to-battle-russia/).
“Planes to Ukraine: Bring Back the Flying Tigers,” The Washington Examiner (March 16, 2022; https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/planes-to-ukraine-bring-back-the-flying-tigers?_amp=true).
“How America Can Help Ukraine: Stop Importing Russian Oil (and Much More),” 1945 (March 5, 2022; https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/03/how-america-can-help-ukraine-stop-importing-russian-oil-and-much-more/)
“American Airpower and U.S. Interests in Ukraine,” Townhall (December 28, 2021; https://townhall.com/columnists/gregorymoore/2021/12/28/american-airpower-and-us-interests-in-ukraine-n2601133).
Review Essay, based on Xiaoyu Pu, Rebranding China: Contested Status Signaling in the Changing Global Order, Stanford University Press, 2019 (10 July 2020; https://issforum.org/to/ir11-19).
“President Trump, China has probably done all it can on North Korea – the ball’s in your court now,” Asia Dialogue (December 3, 2018; https://theasiadialogue.com/2018/12/03/president-trump-china-has-probably-done-all-it-can-on-north-korea-the-balls-in-your-court-now/).
“Xi Jinping: Strongman Among Rivals,” China Policy Institute: Analysis (December 5, 2017; https://cpianalysis.wordpress.com/2017/12/05/xi-jinping-strongman-among-rivals/).
“Reining in Pyongyang’s Nuclear Ambitions: Washington and Beijing’s Common Interests,” China Policy Institute Analysis (April 6, 2017; https://cpianalysis.org/2017/04/06/reining-in-pyongyangs-nuclear-ambitions-washington-and-beijings-common-interests/).
“It’s Time for Bold U.S. Thinking on North Korea,” Global Asia 12/1 (Spring, 2017; https://www.globalasia.org/v12no1/feature/its-time-for-bold-us-thinking-on-north-korea_gregory-j-moore).
“It's Not Just Material: Politics, Culture and Ideas Might Drive China into Confrontation,” The National Interest (July 27, 2016; http://nationalinterest.org/feature/china-talks-about-harmony-feeds-global-disorder-17136).
“No Escape: America Should Join China’s New Bank [AIIB]” The National Interest (March 31, 2015; http://nationalinterest.org/feature/no-escape-america-should-join-chinas-new-bank-12508).
“1914, Air Sea Battle, and Sino-American Security Relations: Advantage Offense!” China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham (November 22, 2014; http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/chinapolicyinstitute/2014/11/22/1914-air-sea-battle-and-sino-american-security-relations-advantage-offense/).
“China’s Stake in the Ukraine Crisis,” The Diplomat, (May 21, 2014; http://thediplomat.com/2014/05/chinas-stake-in-the-ukraine-crisis/).
“We-ness Beyond Relations with Those Whom We are Familiar,” in “We” in the Time and Space of Life, Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press (2013); published in Chinese as 莫凯歌，《超越熟人的“我们”》 生活时空中的, “我们,” 北京：社会科学文献出版社, 2013.
"Realism on China’s Rise: The Limits of Harmony (and War)," a review essay on Yuan-kang Wang’s Harmony and War: Confucian Culture and Chinese Power Politics (New York: Columbia University Press, 2010), in the Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences (Shanghai: Fudan University, June, 2013).
“The China Factor in Russo-American Relations,” a contribution to a Roundtable on China-Russia-US relations with Lowell Dittmer, John Garver, Ezra Vogel, etc., in Far Eastern Affairs 40/3 (2012).
“China’s Peaceful Rise: Rhetoric or Reality?” a review essay on M. Taylor Fravel’s, Strong Borders, Secure Nation (Princeton, 2008), David Kang’s, China Rising (Columbia, 2007), and David M. Lampton’s, The Three Faces of Chinese Power (California, 2008), in the Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences (Shanghai: Fudan University, December, 2010).
“Christian Views of War: The Case of Iraq,” The Review of Faith and International Affairs online (January 4, 2008; http://rfiaonline.org/extras/articles/310-the-case-of-iraq).
“The North Korean Nuclear Factor in US Elections,” St. Petersburg Times (Florida), Perspectives section (Sunday, September 26, 2004): 7P.
"From the Ground Up: Contributions of the China/Area Studies and Sino-American Relations Literature to IR Theory," Journal of Contemporary China 13/39 (May, 2004): 391-408.
“The Role of Theory in the Study of Chinese Foreign Policy,” contribution to a Roundtable on David M. Lampton, ed, The Making of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy in the Era of Reform (Stanford University Press), including J. David Singer, David M. Finkelstein, Ross Terrill and David M. Lampton; Issues and Studies (National Chengchi University, Taiwan; Dec. 2002/March 2003).
"China’s Global Role," The World & I (October, 2001): 30-35.
"China's Cautious Participation in the United Nations Human Rights Regime," a review essay on Ann Kent's, China, the United Nations, and Human Rights: The Limits of Compliance, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999, in Human Rights and Human Welfare (Fall 1999/Spring 2000; http://www.du.edu/gsis/hrhw/volumes/2001/1-1/kent.pdf).
"In the Realm of the Fences: How Nations and Individuals Can Internationalize without Losing Their Cultural Identities," Intersect Japan (Tokyo: PHP Institute, October, 1995): 28-32.
Book Reviews
Review of Evan S. Medeiros, Cold Rivals: The New Era of US-China Strategic Competition (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2023), in H-Diplo (July, 2024; https://networks.h-net.org/group/reviews/20038065/moore-medeiros-cold-rivals-new-era-us-china-strategic-competition).
Review of Huiyun Feng, Kai He and Xiaojun Li, How China Sees the World: Insights from China’s International Relations Scholars (Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), in The Journal of Chinese Political Science (December, 2020; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11366-020-09719-y).
Review of Cheng Li, Chinese Politics in the Xi Jinping Era: Reassessing Collective Leadership, Washington, DC: Brookings, 2016, in The Journal of Chinese Political Science 24/1 (2019).
Review of Muhamad S. Olimat, China and the Middle East: From Silk Road to Arab Spring, Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2013, in The Journal of Chinese Political Science 21 (2016): 411–412.
Review of Yuan-kang Wang, Harmony and War: Confucian Culture and Chinese Power Politics, New York: Columbia University Press, 2011, in The Journal of Chinese Political Science (2012).
Review of David M. Lampton, The Three Faces of Chinese Power: Might, Money, and Minds, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008, in The Journal of Chinese Political Science (2010).
Review of David C. Kang, China Rising: Peace, Power and Order in East Asia, New York: Columbia University Press, 2007, in East-West Connections 9/1 (East West Center, 2009).
Review of Kent J. Kille, ed., The UN Secretary General and Moral Authority: Ethics and Religion in International Leadership, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2007, in Human Rights and Human Welfare (September, 2008).
Review of Suisheng Zhao, A Nation-State by Construction: Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2004, in Journal of Asian Studies (November, 2006).
Review of Lowell Dittmer, Haruhiro Fukui and Peter N.S. Lee’s Informal Politics in East Asia, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000, in Journal of Asian Studies (August, 2002).
Review of Fei-ling Wang's Institutions and Institutional Change in China: Premodernity and Modernization, NY: St. Martin's, 1998, in the Journal of Chinese Political Studies (Spring, 1999).
Academic/Policy Reports
“Homeland Security in a Multinational Context: A New Strategic Vision,” sections on terrorism prevention as a part of the 2004 Sonderman Summer Seminar on Homeland Security, University of Denver and Vail Cascade Resort, August 8-15, 2004 (Presented to the CIA’s John Brennan).
“Homeland Defense and the Transportation Industry: The Civil Aviation and Surface Transportation Sectors,” a report on seminar workshops of the Denver Council on Foreign Relations held in 2002 and 2001, presented at the American Political Science Association annual conference, Boston, Mass., 2002 (http://www.denvercfr.org/reports.html).
“The Development of Homeland Defense: A New National Imperative,” a report on a seminar workshop of the Denver Council on Foreign Relations (October 30, 2001), presented at the American Political Science Association annual conference, Boston, Mass., 2002 (http://www.denvercfr.org/reports.html).
“Pan Wei's ‘Consultative, Rule of Law Regime’ - China's Next Step in Its Political Reform?” Report on Conference on China’s Political Options, Vail, Colorado, Center for China-United States Cooperation, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, May 19-21, 2000.