Who is Doug Stokes?
Doug Stokes (born 1972) is a British academic who is Professor in International Security and Strategy in the Department of Politics at the University of Exeter. He was born in 1972 in Hackney, East London. His father was a gardener and sign writer and his mother was a cleaner and secretary. He was educated in London inner city state schools and left home at 17, and Hackney when 25. 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.
