Doug Stokes
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Doug Stokes is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, Canterbury.[1]
His first book, America's Other War: Terrorizing Colombia(ISBN 978-1842775479) examines US intervention in Colombia and argues that it has primarily been driven by a desire to secure a stable supply of oil and to pacify threats to US economic and political interests. The author states that Plan Colombia is in fact subordinate to a wider counter-insurgency war against the FARC and Colombian civil society. The book received a foreword by Noam Chomsky[2] and numerous endorsments:
- This study provides a uniquely perceptive analysis ...for understanding the past and the evolving global order. Professor Noam Chomsky. MIT.
- For those seeking to peel back the layers of officialese and get to the heart of things this is a must read. Professor Michael Cox, London School of Economics.
- Stokes offers a detailed and convincing analysis of the reality behind the ostensible 'war on drugs' in the 1990s. International Affairs.
- This book fills a critical gap in the literature on Colombia and on post-Cold War inter-American relations. - William I. Robinson, University of California-Santa Barbara.
His second book is an edited volume with Professor Michael Cox (LSE) entitled US foreign policy (Oxford University Press, 2008. The book includes contributions from some of the world's leading scholars on US foreign policy / American foreign relations.[3] The book has received numerous endorsements:
- This is simply the best textbook available on US foreign policy. There are real differences in how the authors think about America's role in the world, which makes the book lively as well as smart. John J. Mearsheimer, University of Chicago
- A terrific collection. Straight out of the top drawer. John Peterson, University of Edinburgh
- What distinguishes US Foreign Policy from other books on this topic is the breadth of the contributors and the depth and quality of analysis. This book will contribute importantly to enriching students' understanding of America's role in international politics. Christopher Layne, Texas A & M University
- This textbook covers the classic topics as well as key topics that are often overlooked. The combination of theoretical depth, empirical and topical breadth and accessible style puts it in a class by itself. I know of no peer rivals. William C. Wohlforth, Dartmouth College
- Marrying theoretical richness to institutions, policy and domestic American politics, this volume will rapidly become the gold standard for students seeking to understand the successes and failures of US foreign policy. Robert Singh, Birkbeck, University of London
- A provocative, broadly critical treatment of American foreign policy. This textbook greatly enhances understanding not only of policies but of how they are made. Robert J. Lieber, Georgetown University
Stoke's third book examines US oil interventions outside of the Middle East and the role played by US policy in the construction of the liberal international order in the post-war world. Stokes has increasingly argued against the more traditional views on American Empire for a more nuanced understanding of what he terms the "dual logics" of American foreign policy that seeks to both maintain US hegemony within global politics and to maintain an open global economy that works in the interests of other great powers. See for example,[4]. His third book, provisionally entitled 'Imperial Logics: US Energy Security and the Long War' is due out with Johns Hopkins University Press in 2009.
Stokes started his career at Europe's leading International Relations department, the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth in 2003 before moving to Kent in 2006. He received his BSc at the University of London (1997) and an MSc and PhD from the University of Bristol in 1999 and 2003 respectively.
