BACKGROUND PAPERS
2024 CFIS - Investment Screening and Economic Security
CFIS 24 Non-Papers
Non-Paper No 6/2025: The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation
Written by Dominika Pietkun, Programme Associate at the CELIS Institute and PhD Candidate at the Institute of Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The final panel at CFIS Investment Screening and Economic Security 2024 (CFIS 24) was dedicated to the European Union’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (the “FSR”)1 which entered into force on January…
Mehr lesen Non-Paper No 5/2025: Sovereign Wealth and Pension Funds & Investment Screening
Written by Simon Sharghi-Erdmosa, Programme Associate at the CELIS Institute and MA Student at Sciences Po Paris. During CFIS Investment Screening and Economic Security 2024 (CFIS 24), the panel discussion titled “Sovereign Wealth and Pension Funds & Investment Screening” gathered experts to explore the evolving roles of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and pension funds…
Mehr lesen Non-Paper No 4/2025: Investment Screening in the Defence Sector: Promoting National Security and Neoliberalism
Written by Neil Noronha, Law Student at the University of Virginia. This non-paper reflects on the CFIS 24 panel discussion on investment screening in the defence sector. It examines how governments and industry define critical sectors, the importance of cooperation in shaping effective screening regimes, and the challenge of balancing security with openness. The panel…
Mehr lesen Non-Paper No 3/2025: Preserving the Battlefield Gap in the Area of Technology – Between Export Control and Outbound Investment Screening
Written by Simon Shargi-Erdmosa, Programme Associate at the CELIS Institute and MA Student at Sciences Po Paris. As geopolitical tensions intensify and technological advancements accelerate, export controls and investment screening policies are undergoing significant transformation. During the CFIS 24 Paris Conference, a panel discussion titled “Preserving the Battlefield Gap: Between Export Control and Outbound Investment Screening” brought…
Mehr lesen Non-Paper No 2/2025: Securing Europe’s Future: Investment Screening and Economic Security in the Context of EU Enlargement
Written by Liam McGrath, Programme Associate at the CELIS Institute and LL.M. Candidate at Leiden University. The increasing involvement of certain foreign interests in EU candidate countries poses a significant threat to their economic security. Russia has employed a destabilising strategy of leveraging economic assets—particularly in the energy sector—as tools of political influence. Meanwhile, China’s…
Mehr lesen Non-Paper No 1/2025: The Current Global Regulatory and Investment Environment – The OECD Countries’ Perspective on Economic Security
Written by Dominika Pietkun, Programme Associate at the CELIS Institute and PhD Candidate at the Institute of Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences. CFIS Investment Screening and Economic Security 2024 (CFIS 24) brought together a diverse panel of experts to discuss the regulatory and investment challenges from the perspective of economic security. The…
Mehr lesen CFIS 24 Issue Notes
Our issue papers, written by our CFIS 24 programme sherpas, provide a concise overview of the topics covered at this year's conference.
Panel 1: The Current Global Regulatory & Investment Environment: The OECD Countries' Perspective on Economic Security
Panel 2: Investment Screening and Economic Security in the Majority World
Panel 5: A firm-level perspective on investment screening in the EU
Panel 6: Investment Screening in Defense Sector: Promoting National Security and Neoliberalism
Panel 7: Sovereign Wealth and Pension Funds and Investment Screening
Panel 8: The Foreign Subsidies Regulation
CFIS 24 Background Papers
Our background papers, written by our CFIS 24 programme sherpas, provide in-depth analysis of the topics covered at this year's conference.
Panel 1: The Current Global Regulatory & Investment Environment: The OECD Countries' Perspective on Economic Security
Panel 2: Investment Screening and Economic Security in the Majority World
Panel 3: FDI Screening Mechanisms in the EU and its Member States – FDI and EU Strategic Autonomy
Panel 4: Preserving the Battlefield Gap in the Area of Technology – Between Export Control and Outbound Investment Screening
Panel 5: A firm-level perspective on investment screening in the EU
Panel 6: Investment Screening in Defense Sector: Promoting National Security and Neoliberalism
Panel 7: Sovereign Wealth and Pension Funds and Investment Screening
Panel 8: The Foreign Subsidies Regulation
CFIS 24 Programme Sherpas
To support the CFIS Forum in the run-up to the event, CFIS 24 Programme Sherpas take a significant role in preparing the various panels.
