Welcome to my bio page. Below you can find information about my background and interests.

I am currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia. I teach the following courses here:

• POLS 1101: American Government in a Global Perspective
• POLS 2250: Contemporary International Politics
• POLS 3334: Comparative Politics
• POLS 4430: International Law and Organization
• POLS 4435: Comparative Foreign Policy
• POLS 4438: Politics of International Economic Relations
• POLS 4451: Politics of Post-Communist Europe
• POLS 4490: Politics of National Identity
• POLS 4499: Politics of International Terrorism
• POLS 4499: Senior Seminar

The George Washington University, Department of Political Science, Washington, D.C.  Ph.D. (Political Science); January 1998.  Dissertation Topic: "Praetorians or Professionals?  Democratization and the Military in Communist and Post-Communist Russian Politics."

The George Washington University, Department of Political Science, Washington, D.C.  M.Phil. (Political Science); August 1994.  Concentration in Comparative Politics (Eastern Europe/Former Soviet Union) and Political Philosophy.

University of London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London, England.  M.A. (Area Studies); December 1987.  Concentration in East European and Soviet Political Institutions.  M.A. Thesis: "Soviet Foreign Policy in Lebanon, 1975-1982: Ideology vs. Realpolitik."

Georgetown University, School of Languages and Linguistics, Washington, D.C.  B.S. (Languages and Linguistics); May 1986.  Magna Cum Laude.  Major in Russian Language; Minor in Russian Area Studies.

I have also worked in several non-academic environments.. Below are three of them:

United States Mission to the United Nations, New York City, Military Staff Committee (January 1998 - April 1998)

United States Embassy, Moscow, Russia, Office of the Defense Attaché  (March 1996 - August 1996)

United States Army Field Systems Agency, Tokyo, Japan (January 1988 - June 1991)

Below is a list of publications that I have written:

John P. Moran, From Garrison State to Nation State: The Russian Military and Political Power under Gorbachev and Yeltsin (Westport: Connecticut: Praeger, 2001).

John P. Moran, "The Communist Torturers of Eastern Europe: Prosecute and Punish or Forgive and Forget?" Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol 27 (1), 1994, pp. 95-109.

John P. Moran, "Praetorians or Professionals? Democratization and Military Intervention in Communist and Post-Communist Russia," Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Vol 15 (2), June 1999, pp. 41-68.

John P. Moran, "Back to the Future? Tolstoy and Post-Communist Russian Military Politics," Journal of Slavic Military Studies, Vol 12 (40), December 1999, pp. 54-77.

Christopher C. Carney and John P. Moran, "Imagining Communities on the Southern Periphery of Russia's Empire: Nationalism and Inter-state Affect in the Caucasus and Central Asia," Asian Affairs, Vol. 26 (4), Winter 2000, pp. 179-200.

I speak the following languages:

Russian (fluent), Italian (conversant), Japanese (limited).