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Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n
The U.S. Military may \u201cdisengage\u201d from Iraqi cities, but that does not mean the U.S. government is disengaging either from Iraq or the many conflicts in the surrounding region.<\/p>\n
Pete Moore spent the last year as a Fulbright Scholar in Dubai, teaching at Zayed University and researching the economic dimensions of the insurgencies in Iraq.<\/strong>\u00a0This has given him an opportunity for a different view of the developments in Iraq, relations between Iran and its neighbors, and how the financial crisis is influencing the Persian Gulf region.<\/p>\n We are very glad to welcome him back to campus, and that he will lead the discussion for the academic year\u2019s first Friday Public Affairs discussion.<\/strong><\/p>\n As usual, we will gather in Room 9 of the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence, on the lower level of Crawford Hall, for free cookies, beverages, and brown bag lunch.<\/p>\n Best regards, <\/p>\n Associate Professor of Political Science\u00a0Peter W. Moore<\/strong>\u00a0joined our faculty in 2005 and was promoted and tenured in 2007.\u00a0 Pete joined us from a tenure-track position at the University of Miami, trading sun for snow and the beach for better public schools.\u00a0 Cleveland weather likely did not seem too severe to him, however, as he earned his Ph.D. from McGill University and also held positions as a post-doctoral fellow at Dartmouth College and Assistant Professor at Concordia University in Montreal.<\/p>\n Professor Moore\u2019s research focuses especially on the relationship between economics and politics in the Middle East.\u00a0 One set of questions involves theories of the \u201crentier state.\u201d\u00a0 These theories argue that failures to develop economically successful democratic states are due in part to governments having sources of income that do not require support from the public (i.e. taxes); these income sources can range from oil wealth to foreign aid.\u00a0 An example of this work is his article on \u201cRentier Fiscal Crisis and Regime Stability in the Middle East: Business and State in the Gulf\u201d (Studies in Comparative International Development\u00a0<\/em>37:1, 2002).\u00a0 A related set of questions involves the relationship between organized business interests and the state, especially in\u00a0 Professor Moore\u2019s book,\u00a0Doing Business in the Middle East: Politics and Economic Crisis in Jordan and Kuwait<\/em>\u00a0(Cambridge University Press, 2004).<\/p>\n Professor Moore\u2019s second major project focuses on the economic dimensions of the insurgency in Iraq.\u00a0 These involve factors such as the trade routes between Jordan and Iraq, fees for protection on those trade routes, and the business in trucking petroleum products that is created by blowing up pipelines.\u00a0 Insurgencies and civil wars always have some economic basis, and in his work Pete is comparing the Iraqi situation to the histories of civil conflict in Algeria and Lebanon.\u00a0 During the 2008-09 academic year, Professor Moore taught on a Fulbright\u00a0 Fellowship at Zayed University in Dubai, which gave him an opportunity to do research at sites of major trade routes into Iraq.\u00a0 He also had a fine vantage point to observe other dimensions of Middle Eastern\u00a0 political economy, such as the effects of the financial crash on the Gulf, and the rising tensions between the United States and Iran.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n September 4: The Roberts Court: Past and Prologue? With Jonathan Entin, Professor of Law and Political Science; and Ken Ledford, Associate Professor of History and Law<\/p>\n September 11: Ohio\u2019s Budget and Ohio\u2019s Tax Code. With Zack Schiller, Research Director, Policy Matters Ohio<\/p>\n <\/strong>September 18: The Constitution and Human Rights. With Peter H. Irons, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, UC San Diego.<\/strong><\/p>\n September 25: Where is Germany Heading? The September 27 Elections. With Mark Cassell, Associate Professor of Political Science, Kent State University<\/strong><\/p>\n October 2: Burning River Reborn? The State of the Cuyahoga. With Michael Scott, The Cleveland Plain Dealer<\/strong><\/p>\n October 9: ***Special Location – Clark Hall Room 206, the Baker-Nord Center Seminar Room*** Bush, Barack, and the Meltdown. With Kathryn C. Lavelle, Ellen and Dixon Long Associate Professor of World Affairs. Room to be determined<\/strong><\/p>\n October 16: Virtue, Vice, and Contraband: The History of Contraception in America. With James M. Edmonson, Curator, Dittrick Medical History Center and Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n October 23: Reforming Cuyahoga County Government. Speakers TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n October 30: The University\u2019s \u201cInternationalization\u201d Initiative. With David Fleshler, Associate Provost for International Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n November 6: Unhealthy Claims About \u201cHealthy\u201d Foods. With Hope Barkoukis, Associate Professor of Nutrition<\/strong><\/p>\n November 13: What Should the Common Reading for New Students Do? With Mano Singham, Director, University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education<\/strong><\/p>\n November 20: Chesapeake Bay and the Need for Dark Green Environmentalism. With Howard R. Ernst, Associate Professor of Political Science, U.S. Naval Academy<\/strong><\/p>\n November 27: Thanksgiving Break<\/strong><\/p>\n December 4: What the Health Care Reform Legislation Will Do, or Why Health Care Reform Failed, or Health Care Reform: What Next? or All of the Above. With Joe White, Professor of Political Science<\/strong><\/p>\n The Friday Lunch discussions are held on the lower (ground) level of Crawford Hall. Visitors with mobility issues may find it easiest to take advantage of special arrangements we have made. On most Fridays, a few parking spaces in the V.I.P. lot in between Crawford Hall and Amasa Stone Chapel are held for participants in the lunch discussion.<\/p>\n Visitors then can avoid walking up the hill to the first floor of Crawford by entering the building on the ground level, through the garage area under the building. The further door on the left in that garage will be left unlocked during the period before the Friday lunch. On occasion, parking will be unavailable because of other university events.<\/p>\n For more information about these and other Center for Policy Studies programs, please see\u00a0http:\/\/policy.case.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Peter W. Moore – Associate Professor of Political Science at Case Western Reserve University Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n The U.S. Military may \u201cdisengage\u201d from Iraqi cities, but that does not mean the U.S. government is disengaging either from Iraq or the many conflicts in the surrounding region.<\/p>\n Pete Moore spent the last year as a Fulbright Scholar in Dubai, teaching at Zayed University and researching the economic dimensions of the insurgencies in Iraq.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJoe White<\/p>\n
\nAbout Our Guest<\/h3>\n
\nFriday Lunch Upcoming Topics and Speakers:<\/h3>\n
\nFriday August 28, 2009
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.
\nCrawford Hall – Room 9
\nInamori Center
\nCase Western Reserve University
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