Welcome! I am a political scientist and associate professor of international studies at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. I am also the director of the Tobias Center for Innovation in International Development here at IU, a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
In 2019-2020 I was a policy advisor and CFIUS case analyst at the Office of Investment Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. In this role I helped lead the State Department's role in the inter-agency process to review foreign investment transactions for national security purposes. This opportunity was made possible by the Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellowship (CFR-IAF). My first book, Merging Interests: When Domestic Firms Influence FDI Policy (Cambridge University Press, December 2019), examined how access and cost of financing influenced domestic firms' policy preferences over foreign investment regulation from the 1970s to 2010s, using firm, industry, and country-level data along with process tracing case studies. The book, and its related award-wining journal article, contribute to our understanding of how domestic firms attitudes toward global integration is conditioned by the local financing environment. Firms will often advocate for economic openness when they are finance constrained, but will be more supportive of policies of exclusion when governments provide them ample credit on subsidized terms. My current single-authored book project, provisionally titled Securitized Political Economy, stems from my experience working at the State Department. It examines the policy preferences and influence strategies of globally oriented businesses in the context of increased geopolitical tension and assertive use of economic statecraft through investment screening, export controls, and policies toward foreign students. With my co-author Sophie Meunier, I have built and maintain a dataset on the characteristics of investment screening mechanisms across OECD countries. We have several papers forthcoming or under review as well as a book manuscript in preparation that explores the rise of investment screening mechanisms across advanced economies With my co-author Will Winecoff, I am a Principal Investigator on a National Science Foundation grant that develops a dataset of political-business connections between all registered firms globally, their managers and major shareholders, and politicians holding legislative office or a position in the executive cabinet. Our work on this project unveils how patterns of political-business connections vary across countries, that the value of these connections also varies across industry and local context, and how the prevalence of such connections affects public perception of corruption and trust in institutions. |
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Recent Publications and Commentary
“Mapping the Characteristics of Foreign Investment Screening Mechanisms: The New PRISM Dataset” (with Sophie Meunier) International Studies Quarterly Forthcoming.
“The Illusion of Controls: Unilateral Attempts to Contain China’s Technology Ambitions Will Fail” (With Emily Kilcrease) Foreign Affairs 30 December 2022
“Sarah Bauerle Danzman on Biden’s China tech offensive,” Talks on China, China Research Group, 22 Dec. 2022.
“Interview with Sarah Bauerle Danzman On US-China Export Controls,” Kellogg’s Global Politics, 29 Nov. 2022.
“Toward a Balanced Outbound Investment Screening Regime” Testimony before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 29 September, 2022
Sand in the Silicon: Designing an Outbound Investment Controls Mechanism. (with Emily Kilcrease) Atlantic Council and CNAS Issue Brief. September 2022
TikTok and National Security: Investment in an Age of Data Sovereignty? (with Jeremy Friedman, Jeremy and David Lane) HBS No. N9-722-020. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing.
“CHIPS+ could change the U.S. semiconductor supply chain, and more. But do industrial incentives work?” The Monkey Cage. 9 August 2022.
“Explaining Deference: Why and When do Policymakers think FDI needs Tax Incentives?” (with Alexander Slaski)Review of International Political Economy 29(4): 1085-1111. 2022.
“Incentivizing Embedded Investment: Evidence from Patterns of Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America” (with Alexander Slaski) Review of International Organizations 17(1):63-87. 2022
“Is FDI at a Critical Juncture? Contemplating a Post-COVID Investment Environment” in Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy 2020, edited by Lisa Laches, Lise Johnson, and Jesse Coleman. Oxford University Press, pp. 5-18. 2022.
“Is the US going to screen outbound investment?” The Atlantic Council 10 January 2022.
“Mapping the Characteristics of Foreign Investment Screening Mechanisms: The New PRISM Dataset” (with Sophie Meunier) International Studies Quarterly Forthcoming.
“The Illusion of Controls: Unilateral Attempts to Contain China’s Technology Ambitions Will Fail” (With Emily Kilcrease) Foreign Affairs 30 December 2022
“Sarah Bauerle Danzman on Biden’s China tech offensive,” Talks on China, China Research Group, 22 Dec. 2022.
“Interview with Sarah Bauerle Danzman On US-China Export Controls,” Kellogg’s Global Politics, 29 Nov. 2022.
“Toward a Balanced Outbound Investment Screening Regime” Testimony before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 29 September, 2022
Sand in the Silicon: Designing an Outbound Investment Controls Mechanism. (with Emily Kilcrease) Atlantic Council and CNAS Issue Brief. September 2022
TikTok and National Security: Investment in an Age of Data Sovereignty? (with Jeremy Friedman, Jeremy and David Lane) HBS No. N9-722-020. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing.
“CHIPS+ could change the U.S. semiconductor supply chain, and more. But do industrial incentives work?” The Monkey Cage. 9 August 2022.
“Explaining Deference: Why and When do Policymakers think FDI needs Tax Incentives?” (with Alexander Slaski)Review of International Political Economy 29(4): 1085-1111. 2022.
“Incentivizing Embedded Investment: Evidence from Patterns of Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America” (with Alexander Slaski) Review of International Organizations 17(1):63-87. 2022
“Is FDI at a Critical Juncture? Contemplating a Post-COVID Investment Environment” in Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy 2020, edited by Lisa Laches, Lise Johnson, and Jesse Coleman. Oxford University Press, pp. 5-18. 2022.
“Is the US going to screen outbound investment?” The Atlantic Council 10 January 2022.
Recent Articles and Commentary
“Mapping the Characteristics of Foreign Investment Screening Mechanisms: The New PRISM Dataset” (with Sophie Meunier) International Studies Quarterly Forthcoming.
“The Illusion of Controls: Unilateral Attempts to Contain China’s Technology Ambitions Will Fail” (With Emily Kilcrease) Foreign Affairs 30 December 2022
“Sarah Bauerle Danzman on Biden’s China tech offensive,” Talks on China, China Research Group, 22 Dec. 2022.
“Interview with Sarah Bauerle Danzman On US-China Export Controls,” Kellogg’s Global Politics, 29 Nov. 2022.
“Toward a Balanced Outbound Investment Screening Regime” Testimony before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 29 September, 2022
Sand in the Silicon: Designing an Outbound Investment Controls Mechanism. (with Emily Kilcrease) Atlantic Council and CNAS Issue Brief. September 2022
TikTok and National Security: Investment in an Age of Data Sovereignty? (with Jeremy Friedman, Jeremy and David Lane) HBS No. N9-722-020. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing.
“CHIPS+ could change the U.S. semiconductor supply chain, and more. But do industrial incentives work?” The Monkey Cage. 9 August 2022.
“Explaining Deference: Why and When do Policymakers think FDI needs Tax Incentives?” (with Alexander Slaski)Review of International Political Economy 29(4): 1085-1111. 2022.
“Incentivizing Embedded Investment: Evidence from Patterns of Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America” (with Alexander Slaski) Review of International Organizations 17(1):63-87. 2022
“Is FDI at a Critical Juncture? Contemplating a Post-COVID Investment Environment” in Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy 2020, edited by Lisa Laches, Lise Johnson, and Jesse Coleman. Oxford University Press, pp. 5-18. 2022.
“Is the US going to screen outbound investment?” The Atlantic Council 10 January 2022.
“The Illusion of Controls: Unilateral Attempts to Contain China’s Technology Ambitions Will Fail” (With Emily Kilcrease) Foreign Affairs 30 December 2022
“Sarah Bauerle Danzman on Biden’s China tech offensive,” Talks on China, China Research Group, 22 Dec. 2022.
“Interview with Sarah Bauerle Danzman On US-China Export Controls,” Kellogg’s Global Politics, 29 Nov. 2022.
“Toward a Balanced Outbound Investment Screening Regime” Testimony before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 29 September, 2022
Sand in the Silicon: Designing an Outbound Investment Controls Mechanism. (with Emily Kilcrease) Atlantic Council and CNAS Issue Brief. September 2022
TikTok and National Security: Investment in an Age of Data Sovereignty? (with Jeremy Friedman, Jeremy and David Lane) HBS No. N9-722-020. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing.
“CHIPS+ could change the U.S. semiconductor supply chain, and more. But do industrial incentives work?” The Monkey Cage. 9 August 2022.
“Explaining Deference: Why and When do Policymakers think FDI needs Tax Incentives?” (with Alexander Slaski)Review of International Political Economy 29(4): 1085-1111. 2022.
“Incentivizing Embedded Investment: Evidence from Patterns of Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America” (with Alexander Slaski) Review of International Organizations 17(1):63-87. 2022
“Is FDI at a Critical Juncture? Contemplating a Post-COVID Investment Environment” in Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy 2020, edited by Lisa Laches, Lise Johnson, and Jesse Coleman. Oxford University Press, pp. 5-18. 2022.
“Is the US going to screen outbound investment?” The Atlantic Council 10 January 2022.