• 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

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

• 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
  • McDowell, D., "10 points sur les sanctions américaines et la dédollarisation [10 points on US sanctions and de-dollarization]." Le Grand Continent, 2023.
  • McDowell, D., "Geoeconomics will loom large in reserve manager decisions." In 2023 Global Public Investor report. OMFIF, 2023.
  • McDowell, D., "What is the United States’ Geoeconomic Strategy?." Inkstick, 2023.
  • McDowell, D. E., The Unfreezable Asset: Gold, Sanctions, and Russia. War on the Rocks. , 2022.
  • McDowell, D. E., "The West Has Hit Russia with Tough Sanctions. They Could Be Tougher Still." The Washington Post (Monkey Cage), 2022.
  • McDowell, D. E., Steinberg, D., "The U.S. wants China to adjust its exchange rate policy. That might backfire." The Washington Post (Monkey Cage), 2019.
  • McDowell, D. E., "Globalization Isn’t to Blame for Americans’ Anti-Trade Sentiment. Trump Is." World Politics Review, 2016.
• White Papers
  • McDowell, D., "Golden Parachute: Financial Sanctions and Russia’s Gold Reserves." In Digitalisation and Geopolitics: Catalytic Forces in the (Future) International Monetary System. Istituto Affari Internazionali , 2023.
  • McDowell, D., "Lending Tree: The Motives Behind and Implications of Chinese Bank Branch Growth in Foreign Markets." In Understanding China Amid Change and Competition. Woodrow Wilson Center, 2023.
  • McDowell, D., New Era of Financial Sanctions: Adapting to De-Dollarization. Atlantic Council, 2023.

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)