LEXINGTON, Va. Feb. 21, 2025 — Virginia Military Institute welcomes alumnus Peter W. Moore ’88, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Political Science at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who will speak on the U.S.-Jordan security relationship on Thursday, March 6 at 8 p.m. in the Nichols Engineering Building auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.  

Moore’s talk titled, “Security Contra Development: U.S. Military Relations and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,” examines the extraordinary level of Jordanian militarization since the 1980s and how it has shaped chronic economic crisis and social protest. Moore will also discuss several ways in which the U.S. security relationship with Jordan has been integral to extending and deepening this security/development dilemma. The talk concludes with an assessment of what this means for broader American policy in the region. 

Moore has conducted field research in Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt, Yemen, and the Gulf States. His work has been published in multiple journals including the Middle East Report, The International Journal of Middle East Studies, The Middle East Journal, and Middle East Law and Governance. He is currently completing a book titled, “Jordan’s Long War: State Building and War Economies.” After graduating from VMI, he earned a master’s degree from the School of Government and Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia. He spent several years working in the private sector in Washington, D.C., then moved to Montreal to earn a doctorate in political science at McGill University. Moore has held academic positions at Dartmouth College, Concordia University, University of Miami, and Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates. In academic year 2021-22, he was the Visiting Kuwait Chair at the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po.  

The event is sponsored by the Dean’s Academic Speakers Program and the Department of International Studies and Political Science. 

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