In Imperfect Alternatives: Institutional Choice and the Reform of Investment Law, Sergio Puig
and Gregory Shaffer introduce comparative institutional analysis to evaluate alternative …

States' efforts to reform the international investment regime have triggered an arbitral
backlash. In response to shortcomings of earlier investment agreements, states concluded a …

C hina has made contradictory claims about its attitude toward the existing international
order. Is C hina a “responsible stakeholder” in the existing international regimes? Or has C …

In asking whether China's growing economic power and international economic
engagement increases or reduces the highly constrained industrial policy space associated …

Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) into the European Union (EU) has increased
substantially over the last decade. Whereas the EU generally welcomes inward FDI, FDI …

China is one of the most active states in concluding bilateral investment treaties (BITs)
globally. Its BITs can be categorized into three generations based on the homogeneity of the …

During Latin America's China-led commodity boom, governments turned a blind eye to the
inherent flaws in the region's economic policy. Now that the commodity boom is coming to …

In December 2013, the UK government decided to expand the authority of one of its
intelligence agencies, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), to aid in the …

The rapidly growing number of investors' disputes with states and the approach of arbitral
tribunals, perceived by some, whether rightly or not, as being too investor-friendly, underlie a …

Since the beginning of the 21st century we have witnessed a proliferation of Preferential
Trade Agreements (PTAs) in Asia Pacific. China has been at the forefront of this …