Political Science Faculty and Staff
Joel Peters
Associate Professor, Government and International Affairs
D.Phil. International Relations, St. Antony's College, Oxford, 1988
D.Phil. International Relations, St. Antony's College, Oxford, 1988
Joel Peters is Associate Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech specializing in the field of global security and conflict resolution. Prior to joining Virginia Tech in 2006 he was the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of European Politics and Society (CSEPS) at the Ben Gurion University. He has also taught at at the University of Reading, UK and from 1990-96 was a research fellow in the Middle East Program at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, (Chatham House) London. His research interests and publications cover the Arab-Israeli peace process, regional cooperation (with particular reference to the Middle East and the Mediterranean) and post conflict peacebuilding. He is the author of 2 books (Israel and Africa: The Problematic Friendship; and Pathways to Peace: The Multilateral Arab-Israel Peace Talks); an edited book on Israeli politics (Whither Israel: The Domestic Challenges) and some 30 articles, chapters in books and working papers. He is working on two books, an introductory textbook on International Relations and a book on the Israel-Palestinian peace process. .
Email: Joel Peters