Douglas A. Yates is an American

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

residing in

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. He specializes in

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n politics and the politics of the

oil industry The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing of petroleum products. The largest volume products ...

in Africa and is known for his development of

rentier state In current political-science and international-relations theory, a rentier state ( or ) is a state which derives all or a substantial portion of its national revenues from the economic rent paid by foreign individuals, concerns or governments. ...

theory. He has authored or co-authored several books on the subject.

Biography

Yates was born in

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in 1964. He earned his PhD in political science from

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...

in 1994 and moved to Paris in 1996. He has since written on

neo-colonialism Neocolonialism is the control by a state (usually, a former colonial power) over another nominally independent state (usually, a former colony) through indirect means. The term ''neocolonialism'' was first used after World War II to refer to ...

and the oil industry in Africa. He has authored or co-authored five books on the subject, including ''The Scramble for African Oil'' and ''The Rentier State in Africa''. Yates has collaborated with the Africa Regional Services of the

United States Department of State The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy of the United State ...

as a speaker in its democracy promotion programs, travelling various African countries on training missions for government electoral workers, press corps, and judicial officers. Yates is also a regular contributor on

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and

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. Douglas Yates currently serves as a Professor of

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at the

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and as a Professor of

international relations International relations (IR, and also referred to as international studies, international politics, or international affairs) is an academic discipline. In a broader sense, the study of IR, in addition to multilateral relations, concerns al ...

and African politics at the

American Graduate School in Paris The American Graduate School in Paris (or AGS) is an American institution of higher education located in Paris, France and specializes in International Relations and related disciplines. It is a not-for-profit organization. It is recognized in Fra ...

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