Foreign Direct Investment

Given the increasing cross-border flows of sensitive dual-use technologies, building awareness of good practices to manage Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) controls is key to mitigating security risks. The Foreign Direct Investment project identifies global FDI-control-related standards, practices, typologies, and influencing factors around the world, building the basis for increased capacity, knowledge-sharing, and risk mitigation. With FDI controls playing an ever more important role in security and technology management, and an increasing number of countries strengthening legislation and implementation specifically to deal with risks of technology transfer, the project’s identification of best practices and network-building among key stakeholders contributes to nonproliferation and more generally, international peace and security.