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Daniel McDowell

Daniel McDowell

Contact Information:

dmcdowel@syr.edu

315.443.8678

334 Eggers Hall

Daniel McDowell

Professor, Political Science Department


Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of International Affairs

Co-Director, Study of Global Politics Speaker Series, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Courses

  • 2024 Fall
    • PSC 355 International Political Economy
    • PSC 300 Selected Topics - Geoeconomics and Statecraft
  • 2024 Summer
    • PSC 355 International Political Economy
  • 2024 Spring
    • PSC 355 International Political Economy
    • PSC 124 International Relations
    • PSC 700 Selected Topics - Geoeconomics and Statecraft
  • 2023 Summer
    • PSC 355 International Political Economy
  • 2023 Spring
    • PSC 355 International Political Economy
  • 2022 Fall
    • PSC 753 International Political Economy
  • 2022 Summer
    • PSC 355 International Political Economy
  • 2022 Spring
    • PSC 496 Distinction Thesis Seminar in Political Science II
    • MAX 132 Global Community
    • PSC 355 International Political Economy

Highest degree earned

Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2012

Areas of Expertise

International political economy, international finance, international monetary system, IMF

Research Grant Awards and Projects

"Lending Tree: Understanding Chinese Bank Branch Growth in Foreign Markets", Sponsored by Wilson Center.

Selected Publications

  • Books
    • McDowell, D. E., Bucking the Buck: US Financial Sanctions and the International Backlash Against the Dollar. Oxford University Press, 2023.
    • McDowell, D. E., Brother, Can You Spare a Billion? The United States, the IMF, and the International Lender of Last Resort. Oxford University Press, 2017.
  • Journal Articles
    • McDowell, D. E., Liao, S., "Closing Time: Reputational Constraints on Capital Account Policy in Emerging Markets." The Review of International Organizations, 2022.
    • McDowell, D. E., "Financial Sanctions and Political Risk in the International Currency System." Review of International Political Economy, 2021.
    • McDowell, D. E., Gueorguiev , D. and Steinberg, D., "Inside Looking Out: How International Policy Trends Shape the Politics of Capital Controls in China." The Pacific Review, 2021.
    • McDowell, D. E., "Payments Power: The Overlooked Role of the Dollar as Top International Payments Currency." In Global Monetary Order and the Liberal Order Debate. International Studies Perspectives, 2020.
    • McDowell, D. E., Gueorguiev , D. and Steinberg, D., "The Impact of External Pressure on Public Opinion: The Case of US-China Currency Relations." Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2020.
    • McDowell, D. E., "Emergent International Liquidity Agreements: Central Bank Cooperation after the Global Financial Crisis.." Journal of International Relations and Development, 2019.
    • McDowell, D. E., "Need for Speed: The Lending Responsiveness of the IMF.." Review of International Organizations, 2017.
  • Book Chapter
    • McDowell, D. E., "From Tailwinds to Headwinds: The Troubled Internationalization of the Renminbi." In International Political Economy of China. Zeng, K. (ed.) Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019.
  • Book Reviews
    • McDowell, D., "“Banking on Beijing: The Aims and Impacts of China’s Overseas Development Pro-gram by Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley Parks, Austin Strange and Michael J. Tierney; and Globalizing Patient Capital: The Political Economy of Chinese Finance in the Americas by Stephen B. Kaplan.” 2023. Journal of East Asian Studies. 23(1): 181-184." Journal of East Asian Studies, 2023.
    • McDowell, D. E., Cohen, B. J., "Currency Statecraft: Monetary Rivalry and Geopolitical Ambition By Benjamin J. Cohen." Political Science Quarterly, 2019.
  • Magazine/Trade Publications
  • White Papers

Presentations and Events

Atlantic Council, "Debating the Dollar: Who Wants It, Who Doesn't, and What Comes Next" (December 12, 2023 - December 12, 2023)

The Future of the Global Order, Cornell University; University of Zurich (November 29, 2023 - December 1, 2023)

Capstone (November 7, 2023 - November 7, 2023)

Reshaping the World's Wallet: The Reality of De-Dollarization, Network 20/20 (November 1, 2023 - November 1, 2023)

Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy, Stimson Center (October 26, 2023 - October 26, 2023)

Browne Center, University of Pennsylvania, "Do Dollar's Make Sense? How Russians Responded to Sanctions" (October 12, 2023 - October 12, 2023)

Autonomous Research (October 10, 2023 - October 10, 2023)

Executive Programme in Gold Reserves Management, World Gold Council; SUERF; Oesterrichische Nationalbank, "Financial Sanctions & Gold as a Reserve Asset" (October 5, 2023 - October 5, 2023)

Sonoma State University, "Fireside Chat: Bucking the Buck: US Financial Sanctions & International Backlash Against the Dollar" (September 22, 2023 - September 22, 2023)

American Society for International Law (September 21, 2023 - September 21, 2023)

Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) (September 19, 2023 - September 19, 2023)

Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY), "Sanctions and the Dollar" (September 19, 2023 - September 19, 2023)

SUERF (European Money and Finance Forum) (June 21, 2023 - June 21, 2023)

Goldman Sachs (June 6, 2023 - June 6, 2023)

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (May 3, 2023 - May 3, 2023)

The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft (April 14, 2023 - April 14, 2023)

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (March 24, 2023 - March 24, 2023)

American Political Science Association annual meeting, "The Popular Legitimacy of the Federal Reserve after its Racial Awakening" (March 16, 2023 - March 16, 2023)

University of Ontario (2022)

American Political Science Association annual meeting (2020 - 2022)

Carleton University (2021)

International Studies Association annual meeting (2021)

Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting (2021)

International Political Economy Society annual meeting (2020 - 2021)

Georgetown University (2019)

Tulane University (2019)

International Studies Association annual meeting (2019)