This essay will consider a number of interesting questions related to the Brexit vote. We will first examine, What is this European Union (EU)-operation that Britain is leaving? Using an economic perspective, Britain's decision to leave the EU will be evaluated based on its costs and benefits to...

It is time for the EU member states to start collectively supervising non-EU FDI in Europe’s defence industries and infrastructures. This should be a prudent element of the nascent EDTIB and a way to maintain European security by encouraging greater coordination between the national...

Using a balanced panel of firm-level data on the manufacturing industry in France, Italy and Spain over the 1993-1997 period, this paper examines the impact of foreign presence on the productivity of domestic enterprises. We innovate on existing literature by using firm-level data comparable...

The rise of state capitalism in the field of investment catches the eyes of western countries. The South is actively participating in and embrace economic globalisation while the North is getting stuck and facing frictions. Protectionist stances towards trade and immigration have resulted in...

I seek to evaluate the influence of the European Internal Market Programme on the relative significance of the determinants of entry (via acquisitions and start-ups) by non-EU multinationals in some 102 UK manufacturing sectors. The occurrence of foreign direct investment (FDI) is modelled as a...

Almost two years after the publication of the "Integrated Review", the British govern­ment has updated its security strategy. This "refresh" is primarily intended to adapt to the rapidly advancing development towards a contested and fragmented global order. Without indicating a radical shift,...

This paper examines the potential Brexit impact on inward FDI (foreign direct investment) through its potential impact on the variables of the benchmark characterising the macroeconomy. Therefore, we propose to use automatic structural vector regression of Markov system change to distinguish...

"This book analyses the progress, gains, and effects of Chinese overseas ports through in-depth and systematic studies of numerous cases in Europe and Latin America. China's participation in overseas ports, especially under the rubric of the Belt and Road Initiative, is a matter of great concern...