IU professor analyzes economic impact of national security-driven investment restrictions
Sarah Bauerle Danzman, associate professor of International Studies and director of the Tobias Center for Innovation in International Development at the Hamilton Lugar School, was featured in The New York Times DealBook on December 19, 2025, for her analysis of new outbound investment restrictions included in the recently enacted defense policy bill. The article examines how the provision — intended to limit U.S. investment in companies deemed national security risks — could affect American investors and global capital flows.
Bauerle Danzman’s expertise was cited in discussion of the rule’s potential chilling effect on investment. As she noted in the article, companies “could just pull back from these markets more broadly,” highlighting concerns that regulatory uncertainty and enforcement discretion may lead firms to reduce engagement beyond the rule’s intended scope.
Her research focuses on the political economy of international investment and finance, economic security, and the ways government policy shapes corporate behavior and market outcomes. Through this lens, Bauerle Danzman analyzes how national security-driven investment restrictions intersect with global markets, firm strategy, and international competition.
Her contribution to The New York Times underscores the complex trade-offs policymakers face as they seek to balance economic openness with security concerns in strategically significant technology sectors. Bauerle Danzman’s work reflects the Hamilton Lugar School’s commitment to advancing research that informs public debate on pressing global economic and policy challenges.
Read the full article, "What Trump’s Push Into Nuclear Means for the Sector (and His Net Worth)," at the New York Times.