The author shows that the US as the world's largest investor abroad so far shuns the most dynamic host region East Asia including China and instead continues to focus on investment in Europe. In contrast, Germany follows a different path. Similar to trade, German companies have been very active...

Investment Screening Mechanisms (ISM) are legal rules created to control and assess the entry of direct investments from foreign jurisdictions. This discussion paper is premised on the observation of a marked increase in the institutionalization and implementation of ISM in recent years,...

Kenya's refugee policy has morphed over time due to factors that include security threats, regional geo-politics and strategic interests. This policy brief addresses the relevance of national and regional geo-strategic interests for refugee policy in Kenya. It provides a historical overview of...

Bei der Versorgung mit Rohstoffen hängt die deutsche Volkswirtschaft zu über 90 Prozent von Importen ab. Viele dieser Rohstoffimporte stammen aus nur wenigen Förderländern. Häufig sind diese Länder wenig demokratisch verfasst. Insofern sind die Lieferrisiken teilweise extrem hoch, auch bei...

The author shows that the US as the world's largest investor abroad so far shuns the most dynamic host region East Asia including China and instead continues to focus on investment in Europe. In contrast, Germany follows a different path. Similar to trade, German companies have been very active...

Investment Screening Mechanisms (ISM) are legal rules created to control and assess the entry of direct investments from foreign jurisdictions. This discussion paper is premised on the observation of a marked increase in the institutionalization and implementation of ISM in recent years,...

The issue of internal security has become increasingly complex over the past decades. As there is an increasing overlap between private and public provision of security, the question of how to allocate responsibility for security between the public sphere (state) and the private sphere has...

This report systematically outlines the state of play in digital policy and Berlin’s current policy approach. It provides 48 recommendations for strengthening Germany’s efforts to build a confident, high-performing European digital economy embedded in an open, democratic, and rules-based...

Over 90 percent of Germany's raw materials supply is imported and many of these imports come from only a small handful of producer countries. Often, these producer countries tend to be less democratic. In this respect, supply risks are extremely high in some cases, including for mineral raw...

Over 90 percent of Germany’s raw materials supply is imported and many of these imports come from only a small handful of producer countries. Often, these producer countries tend to be less democratic. In this respect, supply risks are extremely high in some cases, including for mineral raw...

Bei der Versorgung mit Rohstoffen hängt die deutsche Volkswirtschaft zu über 90 Prozent von Importen ab. Viele dieser Rohstoffimporte stammen aus nur wenigen Förderländern. Häufig sind diese Länder wenig demokratisch verfasst. Insofern sind die Lieferrisiken teilweise extrem hoch, auch bei...

The United States operates an unusual system to control international investments by foreign firms, especially those wholly or partially owned by governments, through its inter-departmental Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). It is subject to considerable influence from...

The national security review mechanisms for foreign investments in China are influenced strongly by cross-border factors. Since China’s reform and opening-up, China national security review mechanisms for foreign investment have gone through four phases. The beginning phase is from 1979 to...

Kenya’s refugee policy has morphed over time due to factors that include security threats, regional geo-politics and strategic interests. This policy brief addresses the relevance of national and regional geo-strategic interests for refugee policy in Kenya. It provides a historical overview of...

Successful algorithms have been developed for computing Nash equilibrium in a variety of finite game classes. However, solving continuous games - in which the pure strategy space is (potentially uncountably) infinite - is far more challenging. Nonetheless, many real-world domains have continuous...

Successful algorithms have been developed for computing Nash equilibrium in a variety of finite game classes. However, solving continuous games - in which the pure strategy space is (potentially uncountably) infinite - is far more challenging. Nonetheless, many real-world domains have continuous...

Screening mechanisms as investment policy measures keep gaining importance worldwide.In October 2018, the Hungarian Parliament also adopted rules on the national securityreview of foreign investments. This paper intends to present the newly introducedHungarian screening mechanism which is...

The border as vehicle -- The rise of Europe's border infrastructures -- The shape of technopolitics -- Detection, detention and design at the airport -- Surveilling landscapes and seascapes -- The portable provision of care and control -- Infrastructural investigations -- Extreme infrastructure.

This note considers the nature of the cybersecurity concerns that have been raised in the decoupling debate and their implications for national security, contrasts those with the nature of the national security concerns that have traditionally been included in the rules-based trade framework,...

Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 authorizes the International Trade Commission (ITC) to stop—or “exclude”—patent-infringing imports. Exclusion orders protect the country against unfair trade practices and enforce U.S. patent rights. But before issuing an order, § 337 mandates the...

This essay demonstrates that, because of the flexible definition of “security,” certain interests have the potential to fall in and out of the definition, and thus in and out of securities regulation. This essay coins this potentiality “shapeshifting.” The phenomenon of shapeshifting...

The paper provides an analysis of WTO law's security exceptions. First, it examines if acts adopted with reference to national security are reviewable and, if they are, which elements are reviewable and what defenses, if any, are enjoyed by member states? Second, it inquires whether WTO law’s...

Both the American left and right often use “national security” to justify sweeping proposals for new U.S. protectionism and industrial policy. “Free markets” and a lack of government support for the manufacturing sector are alleged to have crippled the U.S. defense industrial base’s...

Foreign nationals have served in the U.S. military throughout American history. Indeed, in many chapters in U.S. history, they have been encouraged to serve with the promise of expedited avenues for naturalization. However, in recent years, noncitizens have faced increasing hurdles to serving...

The authors argue that outsourcing technology should be implemented into governance systems with consideration of their public or private nature. Functional review as a method of the administrative reform study showed lack of market-based governance methods, which proved to be effective in the...

The paper examined politics of climate change, National Security and Development in Nigeria. The paper argued that the nature of politics of climate change which is couched in the nature and character of Nigerian state has adversely affected National Security and Development in Nigeria....