A new consensus is growing across the European Union - and other parts of the world too: that globalization has gone too far. The argument goes as follows: as an exchange for higher efficiency and lower prices, Europe has sacrificed its ability to take care of itself and protect its own...

Introduction -- Part I: Globalizing the Pacific Northwest through national defense -- Washington: the national security state within a state -- The evolving politics of defense and national security in Oregon -- Mark Hatfield and the new national security -- Part II: Globalizing the Pacific...

International mergers and acquisitions play a vital role behind the growth of a company. This book explores the hurdles involved and how to navigate through the review processes set up by national regulatory agencies such as the US Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS), the EU Commission, and...

A dynamic multi-stage decision-theoretic approach is introduced to establish the optimal offset and its incidence, the contract price arising from bargaining, and the scale of the acquisition. A new rationale is suggested for offsets in terms of their role as an insurance devise. Results are...

Defence is the ultimate public good, and it thus falls to government to determine the appropriate amount of public revenue to commit to the defence of the realm. This will depend on history, strategic threat, international security obligations, entreaties from allies and, of course, the threat...

Keynote addresses: perspectives on manufacturing USA -- Panel 1: alternative public-private partnership models -- Panel 2: international programs in advanced manufacturing -- Breakout sessions: feedback and future directions for the DoD Manufacturing USA institutes -- Discussion.

Emotions importance increases even more in the context of the national security agencies. Since their mission is to protect and defend the citizens against attacks and also to provide leadership and justice services to other agencies and partners, the aim of the information they post on social...

The paper introduces a welfarist approach to the national safety of a nation with membership in a defense alliance as an option. The members are risk averse but heterogeneous in their safety classification. There are two public goods as insurance devices, the domestic military budget and the...

The East Asian paradox -- Insecurity and economic interdependence in East Asia -- Rare earth : China's economic coercion and the demise of Chinese monopoly -- Shale gas and oil : Japan's quest for alternative sources of energy -- Trade agreements as geo-economic Instruments -- Japanese...

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...

"The Russian Far North is immensely rich in resources, both energy and other resources, and is also one of the least developed regions of Russia. This book presents a comprehensive overview of the region. It examines resource issues and the related environmental problems, considers the Arctic...