Balancing National Security and Economic Interests in Foreign Investment

该项目旨在调查各国的外来投资政策与它们与国家安全日益密切的联系之间日益扩大的分歧。融合了政治学、经济学和法学的新型跨学科合作有望洞察这些政策转变，这些政策转变似乎是由经济数字化、新兴市场崛起(如中国)和与国家挂钩的投资推动的。预期成果包括澄清这些转变的原因和影响，以及对国家安全与投资经济利益之间的联系有创新性的理解。这一新知识应该会加强投资政策和决策的平衡，给澳大利亚带来经济和外交政策上的好处。

The project aims to investigate growing divergence between countries’ inward foreign investment policies and their increasing links to national security. Novel interdisciplinary collaboration integrating political science, economics and law promises insights into these policy shifts, which appear driven by digitalisation of the economy and the rise of emerging markets (eg China) and State-linked investment. Expected outcomes include clarification of the causes and implications of these shifts and innovative understanding of the connection between national security and economic interests in investment. This new knowledge should enhance balance in investment policy and decision-making, with economic and foreign policy benefits for Australia.