Editing Michael Dobbs (section)

==Early life and education==
Michael Dobbs was born on 14 November 1948 in [[Cheshunt]], [[Hertfordshire]],<ref name="theindependent">{{cite news|title=Is he fibbing? I can't possibly comment|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/is-he-fibbing-i-cant-possibly-comment-1570603.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/is-he-fibbing-i-cant-possibly-comment-1570603.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=15 March 2017|work=The Independent|date=31 January 1995}}</ref> the son of nurseryman Eric and Eileen Dobbs. He was educated at [[Richard Hale School|Hertford Grammar School]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]].

After graduating from Oxford in 1971 with a third-class [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in [[philosophy, politics and economics]], Dobbs moved to the United States. He attended the [[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]] at [[Tufts University]] in [[Medford, Massachusetts]], and graduated in 1977 with an [[Master of Arts|MA]], [[M.A.L.D.|MALD]], and a [[PhD]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/10041510/You-may-have-a-first-class-degree-but-Lord-Winston-doesnt-want-you.html|title=You may have a first-class degree - but Lord Winston doesn't want you|last=Plante|first=Robert Peston, Lynda La|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=7 May 2013|access-date=12 June 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> His doctoral dissertation on nuclear strategic arms control was published as ''China and SALT: Dragon Hunting in a Multinuclear World''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CRs7-bmUAAAkQhr.jpg:large|title=China and SALT: Dragon Hunting in a Multinuclear World|access-date=12 August 2023}}</ref> In 2007, Dobbs gave the Alumni Salutation at Fletcher.

He has been a Senior Visiting Professor of International Relations at The Fletcher School, and a Parliamentary Fellow at [[St Antony's College]], Oxford.