Dr. Biglaiser's research in the area of human security focuses on the following topics: 1) The influence of economic sanctions on foreign direct investment (FDI), stock markets, and foreign asset expropriation; 2) the impact of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on foreign asset expropriation risk, FDI inflows, economic policies, poverty, and the likelihood of terrorism; 3) How conflict or terrorism affects sovereign bond ratings and Chinese overseas FDI as well as how social media and FDI flows impact domestic terrorism; 4) the effects of domestic terrorism, sovereign bond ratings, and debt restructurings on income inequality; and 5) The politics of Chinese overseas FDI in developed and developing countries. Prof. Biglaiser is currently investigating political survival strategies autocratic regimes employ to stay in power, how Chinese overseas FDI appears to affect censorship in host countries where it invests and the impact of legal recourse on the price of sovereign bonds.