William Vlcek

Experience

• 2017–present
  Senior Lecturer in Global Political Economy, University of St Andrews
• 2009–2017
  Lecturer in International Relations, University of St Andrews
• 2006–2008
  Lecturer in International Politics, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London

Education

• 2006 
  London School of Economics and Political Science, PhD in International Relations
• 1986 
  University of Alabama, M.A. in History
• 1982 
  Ohio University, B.S in Computer Science
• 1982 
  Ohio University, M.A. in Political Science
• 1981 
  Honors Tutorial College, Ohio University, A.B. in Political Science

Publications

• 2018
  Global financial governance and the informal: limits to the regulation of money, Crime, Law and Social Change
• 2018
  Why "jurisdiction"? Determining boundaries in offshore finance, Small States and Territories
• 2017
  Drowning the Greek Economy: Injurious Speech and Sovereign Debt, Finance and Society
• 2017
  Offshore Finance and Global Governance: Disciplining the Tax Nomad, Palgrave Macmillan
• 2015
  Taking other people’s money: development and the political economy of Asian casinos, Pacific Review
• 2015
  Securitising money to counter terrorist finance: some unintended consequences for developing economies, International Studies Perspectives
• 2014
  From Road Town to Shanghai: situating the Caribbean in global capital flows to China, The British Journal of Politics and International Relations
• 2013
  The global pursuit of tax revenue: would tax haven reform equal increased tax revenues in developing states?, Global Society
• 2012
  Power and the practice of security to govern global finance, Review of International Political Economy
• 2011
  Offshore finance in Ghana: why not?, Review of African Political Economy
• 2010
  Money laundering prevention and small state development: insights from the case of the Bahamas, Commonwealth and Comparative Politics
• 2010
  Byways and highways of direct investment: China and the offshore world, Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
• 2009
  A Level Playing Field and the Space for Small States, Journal of International Relations and Development
• 2009
  Behind an Offshore Mask: sovereignty games in the global political economy, Third World Quarterly
• 2008
  Offshore Finance and Small States: Sovereignty, Size and Money, Palgrave Macmillan
• 2008
  A Leviathan Rejuvenated: Surveillance, Money Laundering, and the War on Terror, International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society
• 2008
  Development vs. Terrorism: Money Transfers and EU Financial Regulations in the UK, The British Journal of Politics and International Relations
• 2008
  Competitive or coercive? The experience of Caribbean offshore financial centres with global governance, The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs
• 2007
  Why Worry? The Impact of the OECD Harmful Tax Competition Initiative for Caribbean Offshore Financial Centres, The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs
• 2004
  The OECD and Offshore Financial Centres: Rearguard Action Against Globalisation?, Global Change, Peace & Security

Research Areas

• International Relations (160607)
• International Economics And International Finance (140210)