Doug Stokes
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Doug Stokes is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent
, Canterbury.
His first book, 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
and numerous endorsements.
His second book is an edited volume with Professor Michael Cox (LSE) entitled foreign policy (Oxford University Press, 2008; 2nd edition 2011). The book includes contributions from some of the world's leading scholars on US foreign policy / American foreign relations.
Stokes' third book (co-authored with Sam Raphael) 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. The book argues that US foreign policy has long been characterised by a "dual logic" 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. The recent moves by the American State to diversify oil acquisition outside of the Middle East is an attempt to transnationalize non Middle Eastern political economies whilst fostering strategic dependence on US power by other states: a key plank of US post-war hegemony. See for example,.
The book is called Energy Security and American Hegemony (Johns Hopkins University Press in June 2010). Stokes is currently working on a new book that seeks to explain the broad continuity in US foreign policy objectives from a Critical Realist perspective. The book is due out in 2014.
Stokes is the editor of the leading journal of interdisciplinary International Relations, Global Society, and the Director of Staff Research at Kent. His latest co-edited book on the work of Michel Foucault is called Foucault and International Relations: New Critical Engagements, (Routledge in 2010).
Stokes started his career at 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}.
Outside of the Academy Doug enjoys practicing the ancient Thai martial art of Muay Thai.
University of Kent
The University of Kent, previously the University of Kent at Canterbury, is a public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom...
, Canterbury.
His first book, Other War: Terrorizing Colombia(ISBN 978-1842775479) examines US intervention in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
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
Plan Colombia
The term Plan Colombia is most often used to refer to U.S. legislation aimed at curbing drug smuggling and combating a left-wing insurgency by supporting different activities in 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
Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and activist. He is an Institute Professor and Professor in the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at MIT, where he has worked for over 50 years. Chomsky has been described as the "father of modern linguistics" and...
and numerous endorsements.
His second book is an edited volume with Professor Michael Cox (LSE) entitled foreign policy (Oxford University Press, 2008; 2nd edition 2011). The book includes contributions from some of the world's leading scholars on US foreign policy / American foreign relations.
Stokes' third book (co-authored with Sam Raphael) 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. The book argues that US foreign policy has long been characterised by a "dual logic" that seeks to both maintain US hegemony within global politics
Global politics
Global politics is the discipline that studies the political and economical patterns of the world. It studies the relationships between cities, nation-states, shell-states, multinational corporations, non-governmental organizations and international organizations.It has been argued that global...
and to maintain an open global economy that works in the interests of other great powers. The recent moves by the American State to diversify oil acquisition outside of the Middle East is an attempt to transnationalize non Middle Eastern political economies whilst fostering strategic dependence on US power by other states: a key plank of US post-war hegemony. See for example,.
The book is called Energy Security and American Hegemony (Johns Hopkins University Press in June 2010). Stokes is currently working on a new book that seeks to explain the broad continuity in US foreign policy objectives from a Critical Realist perspective. The book is due out in 2014.
Stokes is the editor of the leading journal of interdisciplinary International Relations, Global Society, and the Director of Staff Research at Kent. His latest co-edited book on the work of Michel Foucault is called Foucault and International Relations: New Critical Engagements, (Routledge in 2010).
Stokes started his career at the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth University is a university located in Aberystwyth, Wales. Aberystwyth was a founding Member Institution of the former federal University of Wales. As of late 2006, the university had over 12,000 students spread across seventeen academic departments.The university was founded in 1872 as...
in 2003 before moving to Kent
University of Kent
The University of Kent, previously the University of Kent at Canterbury, is a public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom...
in 2006. He received his BSc at the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
(1997) and an MSc and PhD from the University of Bristol
University of Bristol
The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...
in 1999 and 2003 respectively}.
Outside of the Academy Doug enjoys practicing the ancient Thai martial art of Muay Thai.