Reports on Politics and Government Findings from University of Ottawa Provide New Insights (The Home State As the True Complainant: Political Risk Insurance Claims and Investor-state Arbitration): Politics and Government

2026 AUG 06 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx Policy and Law Daily -- Investigators discuss new findings in Politics and Government. According to news reporting from Ottawa, Canada, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) is often celebrated for enabling foreign investors to bring claims directly against host states without the political involvement of their home state. Yet this depoliticized image obscures the decisive role of political risk insurance (PRI), much of which is issued by state-sponsored providers.”

Financial supporters for this research include Chinese University of Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong.

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University of Ottawa, “Under PRI, once indemnification is paid, the home state-not the investor-frequently becomes the real party in interest, either through subrogation or by directing the investor to act as its agent. This article shows how PRI politicizes disputes by reshaping the investor-state dyad into a triangular relationship in which the home state often emerges as the ‘true complainant’. Drawing on the comparatively transparent practice of Germany and the USA, it demonstrates how home states can recover PRI payouts through diplomatic pressure, ISDS proceedings, and, at times, interstate arbitration.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “PRI thus reintroduces home states into disputes, challenging the orthodox claim that ISDS depoliticizes investment relations.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: The Home State As the True Complainant: Political Risk Insurance Claims and Investor-state Arbitration. Journal of International Economic Law, 2026. Journal of International Economic Law can be contacted at: Oxford Univ Press, Great Clarendon St, Oxford OX2 6DP, England. (Oxford University Press - http://www.oup.com/; Journal of International Economic Law - jiel.oxfordjournals.org)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Wolfgang Alschner, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, 57 Louis Pasteur Private, Ottawa, On K1N 6N5, Canada.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgag024. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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