This report makes recommendations for reforming the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and examines how the administration and Congress can reassure foreign investors of U.S. openness and address growing anxieties in other countries.

Responding to recently proposed Congressional legislation in the wake of the Dubai Ports World controversy, a new Special Report argues that the “Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has proved to be—and continues to be—an effective tool for vetting the national security concerns associated with foreign investment. If Congress fails to achieve the right balance, U.S. companies and workers could feel the repercussions for years to come.”

Listen to experts discuss foreign direct investment and the implications on national security.

Watch experts discuss foreign direct investment and the implications on national security.

Patrick Mulloy, Commissioner of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Bill Reinsch, President of the National Foreign Trade Council, and Kenneth Lieberthal, Professor at the University of Michigan, discuss foreign investment in the U.S. in relation to national security, with a focus on the U.S.-China relationship and the attempted purchase of Unocal by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC).

ISN Security Watch documents China's growing commercial interests in Africa.

To identify areas of opportunity and challenge, Ernst & Young polled its leading professionals in several nations to rate those countries' readiness for investment by U.S. energy companies.

This report analyzes the proposed acquisition of six major U.S. ports by Dubai Ports World and Unocal by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), which has sparked intense concerns among some Members of Congress and the public and has reignited the debate over what role foreign acquisitions play in U.S. national security.