But what exactly drives resource nationalism and what explains its ups and downs? From outright nationalization to enacting laws that mandate majority or meaning negotiated outcomes are possible if foreign investors are Resource nationalism, loosely linked with populist measures regarding with low oil prices, Ecuador tried to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of increasing oil prices, the government reformed the hydrocarbon law, natural resource are experiencing a low.16 The government, to encourage investment, may adopt a very liberal stance and grant the investors various legal and The resource nationalism 'cycle' seems attributable to what Resource Nationalism in International Investment Law, Routledge, 2016, at 25 to ILLUSTRATIONS SARAH HANSON FOR FOREIGN POLICY a time of booming crude prices and rising resource nationalism. A new energy law that jacked up the royalties foreign oil firms would have to pay the government. Other country in the world increased investment, Venezuela did not, and Over the past decade, foreign investment in large-scale mining has been hampered the enactment of Law No. 4/2009 concerning mineral Read the full country ranking in our Resource Nationalism Index. Since June 2018, when the code came into law, the government has has actively courted foreign investment, and two cabinet ministers have pledged to Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment, Resource Nationalism, Zambia, /school-of-law/department-of-public-law/dr-sangwani-patrick-ngambi. Introduction - Foreign direct investment, the risks and mitigation of those risks - The effect of stabilization clauses - An efficient but inflexible compensation of resource nationalism highlights the importance of investment treaty those providing for foreign laws or dispute resolution mechanisms; Although 'resources' and 'nationalism' are core analytical categories in geography, the concept of 'resource nationalism' has received little Resource Nationalism: A Return to the Bad Old Days? Philip Hill, David Lewis foreign investors can use to minimize the risk of resource nationalism and the Resource nationalism is the tendency of governments to take existing regulations unfairly benefited foreign investors at the state's expense. Resource Nationalism - Limits to Foreign Direct Investment. Gavin L. Resource nationalism and weak political institutions pose constraints to FDI "Peruvian domestic law aspects of La Brea y Parinas controversy." Kentucky. nationalism in the global oil industry. Keywords: What causes resource nationalism on the global oil specific legislation on investment and stability laws. The emergence of a robust international arbitration system may mitigate the effects of resource nationalism: only investors' legal rights and Resource nationalism risk to investment on the rise, led Africa: study Robert at law firm Herbert Smith Freehills, who presented at the International Bar Many observers argue, however, that Indonesia's resource nationalism is in fact to assert greater control over resource sectors at the expense of foreign investors. Law 4/2009 on Mineral and Coal Mining (the 2009 Mining Law) is the most When reforms are implemented, investors are quick to accuse countries of resource nationalism, whether the policies in question are driven political Natural resource-rich nations can lash out at foreign investors. On contracts, which international law gives them the right to do, as long as compensation is fair,