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Professor Toby Dodge

Professor Toby Dodge

Professor of International Relations

Department of International Relations

Telephone
+44 (0)20 7955 6176
Room No
CBG.9.02
Office Hours
3.00pm to 5.30pm on Tuesdays
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Languages
English
Key Expertise
Middle East, Iraq

About me

Toby is a Professor in the . He is also Kuwait Professor and Director of the Kuwait Programme, Middle East Centre. Toby currently serves as Iraq Research Director for the DFID-funded Conflict Research Programme (CRP). From 2013–18, Toby was Director of the Middle East Centre.

Toby's research concentrates on the evolution of the post-colonial state in the international system. The main focus of this work on the developing world is the state in the Middle East, specifically Iraq:

  • The shift from the colonial to the post colonial with the birth and evolution of the state in Iraq.

  • The use of coercive diplomacy in the post cold war world.

  • How the application of sanctions on Iraq transformed the state, society and the economy.

  • The Bush doctrine, the reordering of international relations and intervention in 'rogue' states.

  • The causes and consequences of regime change in Iraq.

  • The descent of Iraq into civil war.

  • The development of American Counter insurgency doctrine and its application to Iraq.

 

 

Expertise Details

Iraq; Middle East; state formation; international relations; regime change

My research

Book Section

Author(s) Toby Dodge

ISSN/ISBN 9780472076987

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Author(s) Toby Dodge

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Author(s) Toby Dodge

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Author(s) Toby Dodge