Doug Stokes
British academic
Doug Stokes (born 1972) is a British academic.
He completed his degree at London University in 1997, and worked in the still conflict-prone town of Brčko in Bosnia. He returned to full time education in 2000 for his master's degree, and completed his Ph.D. at Bristol in 2003.
Legacy
He has published a number of books and articles on US foreign policy, grand strategy and world order. His most recent books include an edited volume with Professor Michael Cox (of the London School of Economics) entitled US foreign policy (Oxford University Press, 2008; 2nd edition 2012; 3rd edition 2018) and Energy Security and American Hegemony (Johns Hopkins University Press in June 2010).
He is a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs and Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
Works
Stokes D (2001). Better lead than bread? a Critical Analysis of the US’s Plan Colombia. Civil Wars, 2, 59-78.
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