"We have no horror of FOREIGN CAPITAL - if subjected to (domestic) management (Niles' Weekly Register, cited in Wilkins, 1989: 85) We are always prepared to provide the necessary security to foreign capital on the condition that its profits be regulated by law [emphasis added] (Mustafa Kemal...

Why do governments open their economies to multinational enterprises (MNEs)? Some argue democratic forces promote this openness, but many citizen groups view multinational business with suspicion. Using quantitative and qualitative analysis, Bauerle Danzman demonstrates how large domestic firms...

The financial crisis that erupted in September 2008 seemed to confirm all the worst stereotypes about the United States held abroad: that Americans are bold, greedy, and selfish to excess; that they are hypocrites, staunch defenders of the free market ready to bail out their own companies; and...

This article explores the political challenges posed by the recent influx of Chinese outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) into the European Union (EU), which has become in 2011 the top destination for Chinese investment in the world. The central political question facing European states...