Dr. Toby Dodge is a Reader in the International Relations Department at the LSE and a Senior Consulting Fellow for the Middle East, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London.
Research Interests
Dr Dodge 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.
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The shift from the colonial to the post colonial with the birth and evolution of the state in Iraq.
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The use of coercive diplomacy in the post cold war world.
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How the application of sanctions on Iraq transformed the state, society and the economy.
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The Bush doctrine, the reordering of international relations and intervention in 'rogue' states.
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The causes and consequences of regime change in Iraq.
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The descent of Iraq into civil war.
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The development of American Counter insurgency doctrine and its application to Iraq.
Publications
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Inventing Iraq: the failure of nation building and a history denied, (paperback edition, New York: Columbia University Press, 2005)
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Iraq's Future: the aftermath of regime change, (London: Routledge and the International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2005)
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Iraq at the Crossroads: State and Society in the Shadow of Regime Change, (edited with Steven Simon) (London and Oxford: Oxford University Press and the IISS, 2003)
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Globalisation and the Middle East, Islam, Economics, Culture and Politics, (edited with Richard Higgott) (London and Washington: Royal Institute for International Affairs and the Brookings Institution, 2002).