Hacioglu, UmitDincer, HasanCelik, Ismail Erkan2014-06-272014-06-2720132147-4478International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science IJRBS Vol.2 No.1 2013The opportunities of investment brought along by the global economic integrity might turn into a threat in an instant and undermine the underlying structures of national economies. It is necessary to analyze the conflict risk properly in terms of both portfolio investment and finance strategies. This is an important step to be included in the process of arriving to a rational decision. In that way, the existing investment risks could be priced more efficiently. It is proved on Collier and Starr models that there is a correlation between the conflict risk and unemployment, economic recession, inflation and fiscal discipline. In brief, the breakdown in the economic parameters increases the conflict risk and a progress occurring in the opposite way, decreases that risk. In this study, it is discussed the effects of the conflict risk for foreign investment availabilities.enForeign direct investmentvolatile effectconflict riskinvestment climateArticle