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Doug Stokes is Professor of International Relations, Director of the Centre for Advanced International Studies at the University of Exeter, a Fellow at the Legatum Institute, and an Advisory Council member for the Free Speech Union. A key focus of his work has been the durability of the US led liberal international order and the ways in which great powers can use military power to shape international relations in ways they deem desirable. More recently, his writings on academic freedom and culture wars have appeared in the Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Critic, The Spectator and other international outlets. His new book, Against Decolonisation, will be published by Polity in 2023. You can follow him online @profdws or at www.dougstokes.net
‘Doug Stokes's book forensically dissects the ideas and practices concerning race, equality, identity and grievance, which are having such an explosive impact on our intellectual and cultural life. Whatever one's sentiments and sympathies, this is a concise and lucid guide to what lies behind the “culture war”.’ Robert Tombs, University of Cambridge ‘A highly insightful and persuasive contribution to the ongoing global debate about race, equality and decolonisation, going far beyond the walls of academia into wider institutions and the international world order.’ Munira Mirza, former head of the No. 10 Policy Unit and CEO of Civic Future ‘Doug Stokes’s incisive analysis of the threat posed by critical theory to wider society, particularly the universities, should stand at the top of every reading list about racism, gender and attempts to “decolonise” the curriculum.’ David Abulafia, University of Cambridge
