
The Political Economy of National Security, Critical Infrastructure and Securitization of Foreign Investments
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The Political Economy of National Security, Critical Infrastructure and Securitization of Foreign Investments
About this book
This book examines how new flows of foreign direct investments from autocracies are framed, their effects, and the policy responses to them, within the context of challenges to the international liberal order. Chapters address thematic and regional issues, from national investment controls and threat perceptions to China and Russia's responses. Collectively, they explore a new dynamic in international politics: the securitization of money crossing borders. Historically, foreign investments operated under minimal global regulation, based on the assumption that they were beneficial, and profit driven. However, the past decade has witnessed a radical shift in approaches to foreign investments due to changing investment patterns and the entry of state-sponsored actors into this traditionally unregulated realm. China and Russia are seen to leverage foreign investments to advance their long-term economic and political objectives. The book comprehensively examines the subsequent repositioning of foreign investment policy and its consequences for national and international politics.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Squaring the Circles: How to Understand National Security, Critical Infrastructure, Vital Societal Functions, and the Foreign Ownership Challenge?
- 3. The European Approach to Investment Screening: Leaders and Laggards
- 4. Geographical Dwarf, FDI GiantâProtecting Security and Prosperity: The Peculiar Case of the Netherlands
- 5. Foreign Investments and National Security: Finlandâs Approach
- 6. Undermining Liberal International Order? The Balancing Act Between Attracting Foreign Direct Investments and Protecting National Security Interests in the US and the UK
- 7. Foreign Investments and National Security: The Case of Russia
- 8. Foreign Investment and Evolving Security Concerns: The Case of China
- 9. Conclusions
- Back Matter