"The Legal Protection of Foreign Investments Against Political Risk" examines how political risks associated with foreign direct investment in the energy sector are managed or mitigated, and suggests new ways to deal with the possibility of such risk. It applies its analysis-using case studies and international law, and examining actual contracts-to the specific context of foreign investment in five Asian countries' power infrastructure projects.

"Legal protection of foreign investments against political risk has been a problem for a long time. Professor Papanastasiou's book brilliantly...