Since the 1990s, foreign direct investment (FDI) has become an important driver of economic prosperity. However, so has its (geo)politicalisation. It has become a tool for political parties to divide and conquer, particularly with the imposition of tariffs and intensification of the US and China rivalry. In this book, the merits of undertaking FDI to attain economic prosperity is analysed by critically examining its geopolitical costs and benefits. For anyone working in the field of FDI, reading this book is essential. -- George B. Tawadros, Winona State University, USA This book makes a major contribution to the study of direct foreign investment, a practice, with all its attendant problems, that has become so prominent since the dominance of neoliberalism throughout the world. Moosa does not just examine the flows of direct investment from one country to another. Rather he places this within a geopolitical context very relevant to our understanding of international relations in the present day and how some large countries exert a disproportionate influence on the economies of smaller countries. This book is essential reading for all economists and public policy specialists, as well as those interested in colonialism in all its forms. -- Greg Bailey, La Trobe University, Australia
