Three Threats : An Analytical Framework for the CFIUS Process

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Ch 1: Introduction -- Analytical Tools for Evaluating the Three Threats -- Coverage of the Three Threats in Language of CFIUS Legislation -- Structure of the Analysis -- Ch 2: Threat I: Denial of Goods or Services by a Foreign-Controlled Supplier -- Early Illustrative Cases: 1982-91 -- Critical Is Not Enough: The Case of a Russian Oligarch Acquiring Oregon Steel -- Analytical Lessons Learned -- Ch 3: Threat II: Leakage of Technology or Expertise to a Foreign-Controlled Entity -- Proposed Acquisition of LTV Missile Business by Thomson-CSF -- Lenovo's Acquisition of IBM's PC Business -- Combining Threats I and II in a Controversial Case: CNOOC's Proposed Acquisition of Unocal -- Ch 4: Threat III: Foreign Acquisitions as a Channel for Infiltration, Surveillance, and Sabotage -- The Dubai Ports World Controversy -- Investigating the Interrelationships between the Three Threats -- Ch 5: Implications for CFIUS Strategy: Separating Easy Decisions from Hard Judgments -- Adapting Antitrust Theory: The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index -- Strategic Trade Theory -- The Scope of CFIUS: Defining the Terms -- Remediation -- Appendix A: CFIUS Covered Transactions, 2005-07 -- References -- Index.