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title: Gregory J. Moore, Ph.D.
description: "Moore, Gregory J., Ph.D. Patrick Henry College Faculty member 
Professor of Government, International Politics and Policy"
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# [Gregory J. Moore, Ph.D.](https://www.phc.edu/faculty/gjmoore)

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**Chairman of the Department of Government; Professor of Government**

**Dr. Gregory J. Moore**

**Email: **[gjmoore@phc.edu](mailto:gimoore@phc.edu)

**Phone: **540-441-8238

**Educational Background: **

Ph.D., 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:*** 

“Xi Jinping’s Taiwan Dashboard: Considering Xi’s Calculus for a Possible Move on Taiwan,” Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs (Spring, 2025): 50-68.

“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*** 

“DeepSeek: What We Know and What We Don’t Know,” *The National Interest* (January 28, 2025; [https://nationalinterest.org/blog/techland/deepseek-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont-know](https://nationalinterest.org/blog/techland/deepseek-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont-know)).

“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](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/](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](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](https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/03/how-to-get-polands-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/](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](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/](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](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](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/](https://www.phc.edu/faculty/topic/adjunct-faculty)). 

“Xi Jinping: Strongman Among Rivals,” *China Policy Institute: Analysis* (December 5, 2017; [https://cpianalysis.wordpress.com/2017/12/05/xi-jinping-strongman-among-rivals/](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/](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](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](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](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/](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/](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](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](https://korbel.du.edu/)). 

"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](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](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.

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