Julia C. Morse

• PhD
• Professor (Assistant) at University of California, Santa Barbara

Country participation in one-state, one-vote forums like the United Nations General Assembly often reflects underlying power asymmetries and endogenous political processes. Voting alignment is undoubtedly an important preference indicator. However, this paper contends that it is incomplete; silence is politically significant as well. Weak states us...

There is hardly any aspect of social, political, and economic life today that is not also governed internationally. Drawing on debates around hierarchy, hegemony, and authority in international politics, this volume takes the study of the international 'beyond anarchy' a step further by establishing the concept of rule as the defining feature of or...

This concluding chapter summarizes the theory's core argument about focal points, unofficial market enforcement, and compliance. It discusses the book's theoretical and empirical contributions and explores the broader policy implications of the research project. The chapter also, however, considers a competing narrative of the Financial Action Task...

This book demonstrates how the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has enlisted global banks in the effort to keep “bad money” out of the financial system, in the process drastically altering the domestic policy landscape and transforming banking worldwide. Trillions of dollars flow across borders through the banking system every day. While bank-to-...

This chapter discusses how international financial standards have reshaped bank incentives related to illicit financing. Government policy makers, aided by the technological changes driving globalization, have created a transnational banking system where individuals can easily send money across the globe. This expansion of global finance provides n...

This introductory chapter provides an overview of the link between cross-border banking and domestic policy. Every country in the world relies on bank-to-bank networks for some type of commerce, and it is this near-universal dependence that makes it a uniquely powerful tool of pressure. Countries may be able to forgo foreign investment or sell bond...

This chapter evaluates unofficial market enforcement, focusing on the relationship between listing and cross-border bank-to-bank liabilities. It begins with qualitative evidence, drawing from news articles and interviews with financial industry professionals to describe under what conditions the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) list leads to unof...

This chapter assesses how the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) noncomplier list has transformed the ways that Thailand and the Philippines fight illicit financing. While the sources of opposition may vary, the case studies illustrate that the FATF noncomplier list is a powerful tool for shifting the politics of compliance. In Thailand, the nonc...

This chapter presents a theory which describes in general terms the conditions under which an international organization (IO) can use unofficial market enforcement to incentivize policy improvements. This pathway requires member states to invest initially in establishing an IO's salience by working to increase its informational advantages, cement i...

This chapter investigates the noncomplier list's impact on domestic politics. Drawing on qualitative evidence assembled from Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and government documents, news stories, and interviews with government officials, the chapter highlights how FATF monitoring reconfigures the domestic politics of compliance. The chapter beg...

This chapter examines how the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) uses its noncomplier list and unofficial market enforcement to drive compliance improvements. It begins by providing a background on international cooperation to combat illicit financing and highlighting the FATF's two main missions: setting global standards and monitoring compliance....

The Power of Global Performance Indicators - edited by Judith G. Kelley March 2020

Cambridge Core - American Studies - The Power of Global Performance Indicators - edited by Judith G. Kelley

This paper highlights how international organizations can use Global Performance Indicators (GPIs) to drive policy change through transnational market pressure. When international organizations are credible assessors of state policy, and when monitored countries compete for market resources, GPIs transmit information about country risk and stabiliz...

How does economic interdependence shape political relations? We show a new pathway to support a commercial peace in which economic interdependence changes strategies for conflict management. The uncertainty arising from political disputes between countries can depress trade flows. As states seek to protect trade from such negative effects, they are...

Reply to critics: Contribution to Global Constitutionalism Symposium - Volume 5 Issue 3 - ROBERT O. KEOHANE, JULIA C. MORSE

Can international courts ever be independent of state influence? If not, how do courts manage the tension between legal principles and political concerns? We address these questions through an analysis of one of the most independent international adjudication mechanisms - dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization (WTO). We find that the ad...

“Contested multilateralism” describes the situation that results from the pursuit of strategies by states, multilateral organizations, and non-state actors to use multilateral institutions, existing or newly created, to challenge the rules, practices, or missions of existing multilateral institutions. It occurs when coalitions dissatisfied with exi...