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Family man | Professor @Syracuse | Sr. Fellow @Atlantic Council | Fmr. China Fellow @TheWilsonCenter | Geoeconomics, Finance, & Cleveland sports | www.danielmcdowell.org
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In Brian Wilson's memory, my favorite band singing about my dad's favorite band. youtu.be/RsG37JcEQNw?...

RIP Brian Wilson. One of the great songwriters and composers of the 20th century, and the guy who wrote the soundtrack of my childhood.

It's sweeping the nation, @mcopelov.bsky.social

Markets are betting on more fiscal cooperation in Europe, visible in shrinking spreads between peripheral country bonds and German bunds. As the US pulls back from European security, a future with more "eurobonds" seems possible. The euro's int'l potential is rising www.ft.com/content/aed1...

With much thanks to @ndelacerda.bsky.social & a great @chesdata.bsky.social team, we have a new JOP article (early access) comparing expert evaluations of party positions from Europe to Israel to North America to Australia. doi.org/10.1086/736578

"New Miserable Experience" as the ideal soundtrack for writing a response to reviewers.

Happy b’day, “Pet Sounds” — released by The Beach Boys today in 1966 and a groundbreaking influence in music. 🎂 “I bought my kids each a copy of it for their education in life,” Paul McCartney once said. “I figure no one is educated musically until they’ve heard this album.” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”

Great interview w/ Louis De Catheu at le Grand Continent on trump trade war and what it means for Europe and the world. legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/05/1...

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Technology is melting our college students' brains. Link: www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...

Hey kids. Get a guitar. Get a drum kit. Start a band, like these guys. It's fun! We need more young bands. The old dudes can't carry the torch forever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIvB...

Bangkok Bank, one of Thailand's largest commercial lenders, has joined China's x-border payment network (CIPS) as a direct participant. The press release is notable because it is rare for banks to publicly declare their membership in the network.

A nice new policy from @chorzempa.bsky.social @piie.com on Chinese currency ambitions and what it means for the dollar. www.piie.com/publications...

"The president should not tell Americans when they should invest in the market."

Headline: "Writers for 'The Bear' rush to write Chicago Pope into series before release of Season 4"

Feeling pretty good about the chances of a trade deal with Vatican City RN, not gonna lie.

New "Official Beer of the Catholic Church" just dropped.

One ship, $417m in tariffs. The OOCL Violet docked in Long Beach on April 24 and is one of the first ships to arrive from China since 145% tariffs went into effect. Spectacular data viz by my @bloomberg.com colleague @andretartar.bsky.social and team. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Thanks, @hannesbaumann.bsky.social -- I appreciate the endorsement, and I'm glad to hear the book was helpful 🙏

Can't wait to hear Stephen A. debate this on First Take tomorrow morning on ESPN!

While everyone else is worried that we're going to have to rebuild the world order, I'm sitting here worried that I'm going to have to rebuild all of my undergraduate courses.

Whoever runs the @piie.com acct has strong social media game

Someone tell Candace Parker to stop bringing up "Heat Culture"

Oh my god

My basketball team is up by 40 points on the Heat with 4 minutes left in the...[checks note]...2nd quarter. Okay!

New boy band just dropped.

Still true.

It's hard to find the words. NSF just terminated the grant for Journeys, a mentoring workshop that tried to tackle underrepresentation of women in international relations. Future scholarship will be the worse for it. But this photo from our last gathering will motivate me to keep fighting.

Today, I received a termination for my National Science Foundation CAREER Grant, which employed a post-doc and many undergraduate research assistants.

Kenny Atkinson celebrating the DPOY news. This team is tight. #LetEmKnow