Acknowledgments

During my long relationship with this book, I have had the privilege of receiving help from others.

My first expression of gratitude goes to John Haslam at Cambridge University Press and the anonymous reviewers. Haslam’s interest in the project was critical. And, the two outstanding reviewers helped invaluably in getting the manuscript to its current form.

I am immensely grateful to the following Swarthmore colleagues for all their substantive input to this project as well as their words of wisdom and encouragement: Rachel Buurma, Philip Jefferson, Keith Reeves, Jim Kurth, Dominic Tierney, Rick Valelly, Stephen Golub, Ellen Magenheim, Mike Reay, and Lynne Schofield.

I benefitted greatly from the kindness of others to whom I remain thankful. Clint Pinehardt and the rest of the University of Texas at Dallas Political Science Department gave useful comments on Chapter 3 during my presentation there. Clint also provided feedback for Chapter 4, as did Irfan Nooruddin. Christopher Kilby also generously commented on a version of Chapter 3. I also thank Orfeo Fioretos and Anne Holthoefer for comments on drafts of Chapter 4. Columbia University’s Committee on Global Thought (CGT) provided stimulating feedback on the book project as a whole during my presentation there. I thank Katharina Pistor especially; co-teaching as a postdoc at CGT with her and Michael Doyle remains an important experience. I benefitted from numerous presentations at ISA, APSA, and MPSA conferences.

I had great research assistants, who have all graduated from Swarthmore: Caleb Jones, James Mao, Paul Shortell, and Spencer Topf. All the students especially in my International Political Economy seminars facilitated critical conversations that showed intellectual maturity beyond their years. My friend Robin F. Matthews helped get the references and the format in shape.

I made a number of trips to Washington, DC, to talk to World Bank and IMF officials as well as insiders from other relevant organizations. While I promised to keep them anonymous, I thank them all for the generosity of their time and input.

Two great scholars from my alma mater deserve special mention: Joel Krieger was a wise counsel throughout the project, and Craig Murphy, despite never having had me as a student, provided extensive comments on Chapters 1 and 2 more than once – his comments were integral to the growth of the project.

I felt the two following friends were always on my team and provided great help on this book (more than a few times!): Geoffrey Herrera, whose knowledge of I(i)nternational R(r)elations has always impressed me, and Asli Leblebicioglu, who is a wonderful economist and a patient one at answering all my statistical questions.

I feel bad not dedicating this book to my parents, who – a lifetime ago – let their eighteen-year-old leave Istanbul for college in the United States and have since then made many trips to help me. I promise them the next book. I could not have completed this project without Andrew Orloff.