Digital Sovereignty Without Owning the Digital Stack
Jun 25, 2026
In the twentieth century, weaker states worried about who controlled their sea lanes, pipelines and skies. In the twenty first, the more consequential question may be who controls their chips, clouds, cables, payment rails and satellite links. Pakistan and Iran sit on opposite
Technological Dependency and Strategic Exposure in Emerging States
Jun 8, 2026
Technological dependency, once framed as a developmental lag in industrial capacity or scientific advancement, has now evolved into a structural condition of strategic exposure that shapes sovereignty, fiscal autonomy, and geopolitical agency. Across South and West Asia, the accelerating digitisation of governance, finance,