Motivations, security threats and geopolitical implications of Chinese investment in the EU energy sector: the case of CDP Reti

Otero‐Iglesias, Miguel; Weissenegger, Manuel

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“…Beyond economic history [29,40,77], most existing studies on restrictive investment policies have taken an economic or financial perspective, often analysing the investment into Nordic countries by multinational enterprises [1]. Solid IR approaches, in particular, have been lacking until very recently, but some recent analyses focusing on other countries do exist [3,24,60]. Comparative legal analysis is also rare.…”

Section: Research Design and Datamentioning

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Changing Causal Narratives and Risk Perceptions on Foreign Investment: the Riskification of Chinese Investments in the Nordic Region

Mattlin

Rajavuori

2023

East Asia

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This article surveys recent legislative and policy changes on foreign investments in four Nordic countries (Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway). Until recently, only Finland had national legislation on foreign investments, although historically the Nordic countries were forerunners in introducing foreign investment controls. A general rethink in the USA and the European Union on the links between liberal economies, investment policies and security has occurred in recent years. This has cast investments by enterprises from major authoritarian countries, foremost China, in a different light. Rather than investment numbers as such, or realised risks related to Chinese investments, a ‘causal narrative’ has emerged in the Nordic countries that draws attention to the nature of the Chinese party-state and its’ unclear relationship to Chinese companies, underlining potential strategic motivations and security risks behind Chinese investments. Rapidly changing risk perceptions have driven legislative and policy changes on foreign direct investment (FDI), e.g. investment screening. Chinese investments have thus become riskified, to use a term coined by Olaf Corry. Shifting risk perceptions have similarly preceded previous ‘formative epochs’ in Nordic FDI legislation in the early twentieth century, after the Second World War and at the end of the Cold War. Each formative epoch has been characterised by a distinctive ‘risk profile’. We postulate that these shifting risk perceptions significantly shape the reception of FDI as a key channel of cross-border connectivity.

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Section: Research Design and Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

Changing Causal Narratives and Risk Perceptions on Foreign Investment: the Riskification of Chinese Investments in the Nordic Region

Mattlin

Rajavuori

2023

East Asia

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“… Note : Sources used to derive best‐practice recommendations: 1 Botha (2019), 2 Bozeman and Feeney (2007), 3 Brown (2011), 4 Burge (1979), 5 Caste (1992), 6 Darnell (2001), 7 Elias and Gallagher (2014), 8 Emmerich and Gordjin (2018), 9 Fisher (2020), 10 Folger and Turillo (1999), 11 Harre and Wang (1999), 12 Hatherly et al (2020), 13 Haukioja (2020), 14 Hong (2012), 15 Kadvany (2010), 16 Lachenicht (1993), 17 Leicester (2012), 18 Lucas (2003), 19 Mankiw (2013), 20 Maziarz (2017), 21 McDonald et al (2017), 22 Nanay (2015), 23 Nothhaft and Stensson (2019), 24 Otero‐Iglesias and Weissenegger (2020), 25 Raverty (2007), 26 Reichstein (2019), 27 Rinsley (1980), 28 Smith (2007), 29 Stögbauer and Komlos (2004), 30 Tateo and Valsiner (2015), 31 Vasileiou (2021), 32 Weick (1989), 33 Wempe (2008). …”

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“…The narrative can take shape either by using an existing thought experiment (Harre & Wang, 1999; Lucas, 2003; Wempe, 2008), altering one to suit the particular needs of a theory (Emmerich & Gordjin, 2018; Lucas, 2003; Otero‐Iglesias & Weissenegger, 2020), or creating an entirely novel one (Elias & Gallagher, 2014). Researchers should also consider adopting thought experiments from completely different fields (Nanay, 2015; Vasileiou, 2021), using multiple thought experiments (Lachenicht, 1993), basing a thought experiment on a real‐life experience or situation (Fisher, 2020), and using metaphors (Wempe, 2008).…”

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Thought experiments: Review and recommendations

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Summary Thought experiments have been used as an effective methodological approach to advance theory in numerous scientific fields. However, they are underutilized in organizational behavior (OB) and adjacent fields. Accordingly, we conducted a comprehensive and multidisciplinary literature review of thought experiments that entailed 174 sources in economics, psychology, marketing, medicine, sociology, finance, and other fields. We used insights from this literature review to define and describe the unique nature of thought experiments and offer a taxonomy of four main types based on a theory's development stage (i.e., early vs. late) and a study's theoretical goal (i.e., confirmation vs. disconfirmation). We also provide a decision‐making tree useful for evaluating whether conducting a thought experiment is beneficial for a particular research situation and which of the four types is most likely to produce a meaningful contribution. Then, we offer best‐practice recommendations for conducting thought experiments that address how to plan, execute, report results, and discuss implications. In addition, we demonstrate the potential of thought experiments by using the best‐practice recommendations to design and conduct a thought experiment in the domain of workplace allyship. Finally, we offer suggestions for future substantive research that would benefit from thought experiment methodology (i.e., diversity, equity, and inclusion; leadership; performance; selection and recruitment; teams; and turnover). Overall, our article offers a comprehensive review and recommendations that we hope will be a catalyst for using thought experiments to advance theory in OB and related fields.

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“…Significantly, the China–Italy MoU signature was not an isolated event: since the mid-2010s, a succession of Italian governments had been working on strengthening relations with China, including through far-reaching decisions such as the sale of strategic national assets (Otero-Iglesias and Weissenegger, 2020). Negotiations on investments have little do to with status, however.…”

Section: China's Pursuit Of Status In a Post-unipolar Worldmentioning

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China's pursuit of international status through negotiated deference: an empirical analysis of Italy's parliamentary attitude

Andornino

2022

Riv. ital. sci. polit.

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Italy's controversial decision to sign a Memorandum of Understanding for collaboration on the Belt and Road Initiative with China in 2019 has been widely debated. This article seeks to break new ground by offering a theory-informed contribution investigating the rationale behind Beijing's own commitment in the negotiations leading to the signing of the BRI MoU. It argues that the Chinese government accepted the risks involved in the process for the sake of promoting an accelerated advancement in China's positioning in the international status hierarchy through negotiation of deference against agency with Italy. The article empirically probes the extent to which such a strategy of status enhancement on China's part is sustainable over time. Based on a content analysis of all China-related political stances expressed in ordinary non-legislative policy-setting acts tabled in both Houses of the 18th Italian Parliament, from March 2018 through to August 2021, the article suggests that China's strategy is hardly sustainable. In fact, the steady deterioration of China-related sentiment among Italian Members of Parliament as a consequence of Beijing's policies towards Hong Kong, the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak, and Xinjiang matches the expectations of previous scholarship on international status as it confirms that social closure mechanisms discussed in the literature prevail over foreign policy consistency when the status-seeking actor is perceived as crossing critical normative thresholds.

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Motivations, security threats and geopolitical implications of Chinese investment in the EU energy sector: the case of CDP Reti

Cited by 6 publications

References 16 publications

Changing Causal Narratives and Risk Perceptions on Foreign Investment: the Riskification of Chinese Investments in the Nordic Region

Changing Causal Narratives and Risk Perceptions on Foreign Investment: the Riskification of Chinese Investments in the Nordic Region

Thought experiments: Review and recommendations

China's pursuit of international status through negotiated deference: an empirical analysis of Italy's parliamentary attitude

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