At the time of a paradigm change 'Foreign Investment, Strategic Assets and National Security' is a timely analysis of the changing attitude towards foreign investment in major economies, namely the United States of America, the People?s Republic of China, Australia, Canada, and Germany, France...

We argue that membership in International Organizations (IOs) is an important determinant of FDI inflows. To the extent that membership restricts a country from pursuing policies that are harmful to investors, it can signal low political risk. Using data over the 1971-2005 period, we find that...