ICSID tribunals likely will need to address with greater frequency the fundamental issue of whether disputes arising from SCE investments fall within the scope of the ICSID Convention. To help preserve clear ICSID Convention boundaries – which exclude public foreign investment disputes between...

Over the past decade, active, converging treaty practice in the Pacific Rim region has created substantial momentum for international investment law harmonization. This Perspective argues that such momentum establishes the Pacific Rim region as an exceptionally well-developed platform for...

If designed and implemented as an effective and sustainable hybrid model, investment governance under China's Belt and Road Initiative could contribute greatly to its success. Striking an appropriate balance between the ambition of a state-driven model and the inclusiveness of a transnational...

This Perspective argues that two global, Beijing-based institutions - the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the International Commercial Dispute Prevention and Settlement Organization - have an opportunity to contribute to the development of a Beijing-based international investment...