International investment law provides a means for states to mitigate political risks that foreign
investors face inside their borders. Its status quo includes thousands of international …

As tensions between investors' rights and sovereign power escalate, investor–state dispute
settlement (ISDS) has become a focal point of backlash and controversy. As a result, ISDS …

This Article argues that international investment agreements (IIAs) serve a dual economic
function—to discipline host country policies that impose international externalities on foreign …

President Trump has made international trade one of the central policy issues for his
Administration. 1 In 2018, the Trump Administration completed tense negotiations with …

This article uses computational methods to analyse the development of the international
investment law regime, seeking to understand how, when, and by whom change in treaty …

The legality of trade with territories over which sovereignty is disputed has recently come to
the forefront of policy and academic discussions due to emerging case law and escalating …

One of the most important characteristics of an investment treaty is that often it grants
aggrieved investors access to international arbitration. This arbitration system does not …

This second edition provides an updated exploration of the four main pillars in international
economic law: international trade, international investment, monetary relations, and …

In recent years, investment arbitration tribunals are increasingly confronted with allegations
of corruption, mostly invoked by host States as a defense to investors' claims. After an …

International investment arbitration is a third-party dispute resolution mechanism aimed
mainly at depoliticizing investment disputes and maintaining efficient investment flows …