Daniel McDowell
2022-23 Wilson China Fellow
Professional affiliation
Associate Professor of Political Science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University
Wilson Center Projects
Lending Tree: Understanding Chinese Bank Branch Growth in Foreign Markets
Full Biography
Daniel McDowell is an associate professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. His work focuses on the international politics of money and finance, with a focus on the role of the United States and China in these arenas. McDowell is the author of Brother, Can You Spare A Billion? The United States, the IMF, and the International Lender of Last Resort (Oxford 2017) as well as many peer-reviewed articles in top international relations journals. His second book, Bucking the Buck: US Financial Sanctions and the International Backlash Against the Dollar, is forthcoming with Oxford University Press.