🌏 The current economic framework in Eurasia is fragmented and lacks the digital connectivity that would be predicated on cross-country and cross-regional digital agreements.
This in turn limits the capability of countries to coordinate policies in areas such as trade, migration, digital economy development.
A common platform would address the issue of the “digital gap” across the countries of Eurasia via promoting greater “digital inclusivity”, most notably with respect to the low-income developing economies, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Yaroslav Lissovolik.
🔗 Another Look at the Prospects of a Eurasian Digital Platform
#Corporations_and_Economy #digitalplatforms #regionalism #digitalisation
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This in turn limits the capability of countries to coordinate policies in areas such as trade, migration, digital economy development.
A common platform would address the issue of the “digital gap” across the countries of Eurasia via promoting greater “digital inclusivity”, most notably with respect to the low-income developing economies, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Yaroslav Lissovolik.
🔗 Another Look at the Prospects of a Eurasian Digital Platform
#Corporations_and_Economy #digitalplatforms #regionalism #digitalisation
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Another Look at the Prospects of a Eurasian Digital Platform
The current economic framework in Eurasia is fragmented and lacks the digital connectivity that would be predicated on cross-country and cross-regional digital agreements. This in turn limits the capability of countries to coordinate policies in areas such…
📴🌐 The age of the Internet has opened Pandora’s box — information has become instantly affordable.
We can already talk about digital slavery. In fact, a process is in place which goes beyond just getting hooked on the digital “needle” from which you can conditionally get rid of (there is the concept of informational or digital detox). Namely, usual everyday communications/reflections are being actively replaced with convenient tools that eliminate the need for them.
Our brave new world, in the image of Homo Digitalis, is very far from the image of Homo Deus, very far. Most of us remain part of the same crowd, the same flock that must be led — such is the bitter pill of reality.
The crowd, familiar to us from history, crushing everything on its way, is now digitalised and organised according to a new format — a banner or a stone in one hand, and a smartphone in the other. The point is that ochlocracy has become digital and is therefore much more dangerous and destructive, writes Kubatbek Rakhimov, Director of the Eurasia Center for Strategic Research, a former adviser to the Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic.
🔗 Brave New World or New Slavery Under Digital Ochlocracy
#digitalisation
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We can already talk about digital slavery. In fact, a process is in place which goes beyond just getting hooked on the digital “needle” from which you can conditionally get rid of (there is the concept of informational or digital detox). Namely, usual everyday communications/reflections are being actively replaced with convenient tools that eliminate the need for them.
Our brave new world, in the image of Homo Digitalis, is very far from the image of Homo Deus, very far. Most of us remain part of the same crowd, the same flock that must be led — such is the bitter pill of reality.
The crowd, familiar to us from history, crushing everything on its way, is now digitalised and organised according to a new format — a banner or a stone in one hand, and a smartphone in the other. The point is that ochlocracy has become digital and is therefore much more dangerous and destructive, writes Kubatbek Rakhimov, Director of the Eurasia Center for Strategic Research, a former adviser to the Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic.
🔗 Brave New World or New Slavery Under Digital Ochlocracy
#digitalisation
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Brave New World or New Slavery Under Digital Ochlocracy
The crowd, familiar to us from history, crushing everything on its way, is now digitalised and organised according to a new format — a banner or a stone in one hand, and a smartphone in the other. The point is that ochlocracy has become digital and is therefore…
🐲💻 Today, digital data has become the central source of economic life and, as we move towards the realisation of the ‘Internet of Things’, even physical survival.
But digital data also holds enormous destructive potential. As a result, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has made the construction of a comprehensive and effective digital data management regime one of its top priorities.
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) plays a leading role in these endeavours and has become a ‘super dragon’, tasked with taming and bring order to the flood of data in China. The CAC is not only a preeminent government agency in China but, because of the borderless nature of the digital revolution, rapidly becoming a globally influential one.
The most impactful companies around the world, from Apple and Tesla to Blackrock and others, are increasing their exposure to and investment in China in ways that will act as a channel for promulgating CAC-based standards around the world, write Andy Mok and Hao Jiabei.
🔗 A Super Dragon Taming the Flood - Why the Cyberspace Administration of China Has Become a Globally Important Government Agency
🔵 The article is published within the framework of a new Valdai Club programme “World Economy”.
#Valdai_WorldEconomy #China #digitalisation
📷 © 2022 Mark Schiefelbein/AP
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But digital data also holds enormous destructive potential. As a result, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has made the construction of a comprehensive and effective digital data management regime one of its top priorities.
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) plays a leading role in these endeavours and has become a ‘super dragon’, tasked with taming and bring order to the flood of data in China. The CAC is not only a preeminent government agency in China but, because of the borderless nature of the digital revolution, rapidly becoming a globally influential one.
The most impactful companies around the world, from Apple and Tesla to Blackrock and others, are increasing their exposure to and investment in China in ways that will act as a channel for promulgating CAC-based standards around the world, write Andy Mok and Hao Jiabei.
🔗 A Super Dragon Taming the Flood - Why the Cyberspace Administration of China Has Become a Globally Important Government Agency
🔵 The article is published within the framework of a new Valdai Club programme “World Economy”.
#Valdai_WorldEconomy #China #digitalisation
📷 © 2022 Mark Schiefelbein/AP
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A Super Dragon Taming the Flood - Why the Cyberspace Administration of China Has Become a Globally Important Government Agency
The most impactful companies around the world, from Apple and Tesla to Blackrock and others, are increasing their exposure to and investment in China in ways that will act as a channel for promulgating CAC-based standards around the world.
💻🌐 If corporations behave in a way that reflects the geopolitical interests of a particular state or states, then they seriously undermine the foundational principles of the connected world.
What is dangerous, is the power of a handful of big corporations to act as sovereigns and disrupt the quotidian lives of common citizens in territories where they operate.
To get out of this quandary, the states can undertake two simultaneous actions:
1️⃣ First, in the short term, each state should diversify their suppliers of critical products and services. No corporation should be allowed to have so much power that it can disrupt the lives of a nation’s citizens without their explicit consent through their elected governments, democratic norms and public scrutiny.
2️⃣ Second, in the long term, states should aim to develop their own digital public goods, which will give control back to their citizens and through them to their respective states. What we mean is that each state should have significant ownership, with participation from the private sector, of digital commons like national identification cards; the payments architecture; social security disbursements; commerce and health records.
We assume countries and their citizens trust the exchange of ideas, products and services enough to gain new experiences and learn from success stories, and don’t expect to be “blown off” by multinationals. If these corporations model their behaviour to pursue the geopolitical interests of a particular state or states, then they seriously undermine the foundational principles of the connected world write Arvind Gupta, Head and Co-Founder of Digital India Foundation, and Aakash Guglani, Public Policy associate, Digital India Foundation.
🔗 What Nation-States Can Do to Protect Citizens from Omnipotent Corporations
#EconomicStatecraft #digitalisation
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What is dangerous, is the power of a handful of big corporations to act as sovereigns and disrupt the quotidian lives of common citizens in territories where they operate.
To get out of this quandary, the states can undertake two simultaneous actions:
1️⃣ First, in the short term, each state should diversify their suppliers of critical products and services. No corporation should be allowed to have so much power that it can disrupt the lives of a nation’s citizens without their explicit consent through their elected governments, democratic norms and public scrutiny.
2️⃣ Second, in the long term, states should aim to develop their own digital public goods, which will give control back to their citizens and through them to their respective states. What we mean is that each state should have significant ownership, with participation from the private sector, of digital commons like national identification cards; the payments architecture; social security disbursements; commerce and health records.
We assume countries and their citizens trust the exchange of ideas, products and services enough to gain new experiences and learn from success stories, and don’t expect to be “blown off” by multinationals. If these corporations model their behaviour to pursue the geopolitical interests of a particular state or states, then they seriously undermine the foundational principles of the connected world write Arvind Gupta, Head and Co-Founder of Digital India Foundation, and Aakash Guglani, Public Policy associate, Digital India Foundation.
🔗 What Nation-States Can Do to Protect Citizens from Omnipotent Corporations
#EconomicStatecraft #digitalisation
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What Nation-States Can Do to Protect Citizens from Omnipotent Corporations
We assume countries and their citizens trust the exchange of ideas, products and services enough to gain new experiences and learn from success stories, and don’t expect to be “blown off” by multinationals. If these corporations model their behaviour to pursue…
📆 ANNOUNCEMENT: On September 18 at 16:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host a discussion dedicated to the technological gap between developed and developing countries, titled “How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future.”
The growing gap between rich and poor countries has now acquired a digital dimension. This became especially noticeable during the pandemic, when people without access to the Internet were deprived of opportunities to engage in distance learning, pursue remote work and the ability to maintain social distance. Developing countries have limited resources and the digital divide will continue to perpetuate their dependence on developed countries.
Multinational corporations seek to monopolise innovations, platforms and services. Rich countries plan to direct financial assistance primarily to the green transformation, rather than the digitalisation of poor countries. Under such conditions, the digital divide may become even deeper.
❓How can we overcome the digital divide?
❓Should poor countries expect help from rich countries in achieving digitalisation?
❓Or is it better to think about a coalition of developing countries that would resolve this problem, for example, through BRICS?
Participants in the discussion will try to answer these and other questions.
🎙️ Speakers:
🇷🇺 Igor Ashmanov, President of Kribrum JSC, Member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
🇨🇦 Radhika Desai, Professor, Faculty of Political Studies, Director of the Geopolitical Economics Research Group, University of Manitoba (Canada)
🇮🇳 Arvind Gupta, Chairman and Co-founder of Digital India Foundation
🇿🇦 Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation at the Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa)
🇷🇺 Konstantin Pantserev, Professor at the Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Faculty of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University
🇫🇷 Jacques Sapir, Professor of Economics at the Paris Higher School of Social Sciences (EHESS) and Lomonosov Moscow State University
Moderator:
🚩 Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club
https://valdaiclub.com/events/announcements/valdai-club-to-discuss-inequality-in-access-to-the-digital-future/
Working languages: Russian, English.
ℹ️ Information for the media: In order to get accredited for the event, please fill out the form on our web site. If you have any questions about the event, please call +79269307763.
A link to the live broadcast of the discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.
#Norms_and_Values #digitalisation #technologicalgap #inequality
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The growing gap between rich and poor countries has now acquired a digital dimension. This became especially noticeable during the pandemic, when people without access to the Internet were deprived of opportunities to engage in distance learning, pursue remote work and the ability to maintain social distance. Developing countries have limited resources and the digital divide will continue to perpetuate their dependence on developed countries.
Multinational corporations seek to monopolise innovations, platforms and services. Rich countries plan to direct financial assistance primarily to the green transformation, rather than the digitalisation of poor countries. Under such conditions, the digital divide may become even deeper.
❓How can we overcome the digital divide?
❓Should poor countries expect help from rich countries in achieving digitalisation?
❓Or is it better to think about a coalition of developing countries that would resolve this problem, for example, through BRICS?
Participants in the discussion will try to answer these and other questions.
🎙️ Speakers:
🇷🇺 Igor Ashmanov, President of Kribrum JSC, Member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
🇨🇦 Radhika Desai, Professor, Faculty of Political Studies, Director of the Geopolitical Economics Research Group, University of Manitoba (Canada)
🇮🇳 Arvind Gupta, Chairman and Co-founder of Digital India Foundation
🇿🇦 Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation at the Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa)
🇷🇺 Konstantin Pantserev, Professor at the Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Faculty of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University
🇫🇷 Jacques Sapir, Professor of Economics at the Paris Higher School of Social Sciences (EHESS) and Lomonosov Moscow State University
Moderator:
🚩 Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club
https://valdaiclub.com/events/announcements/valdai-club-to-discuss-inequality-in-access-to-the-digital-future/
Working languages: Russian, English.
ℹ️ Information for the media: In order to get accredited for the event, please fill out the form on our web site. If you have any questions about the event, please call +79269307763.
A link to the live broadcast of the discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.
#Norms_and_Values #digitalisation #technologicalgap #inequality
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Valdai Club to Discuss Inequality in Access to the Digital Future
On September 18 at 16:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host a discussion dedicated to the technological gap between developed and developing countries, titled “How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future.”
⏰ TODAY at 16:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host a discussion dedicated to the technological gap between developed and developing countries, titled “How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future.”
❓How can we overcome the digital divide?
❓Should poor countries expect help from rich countries in achieving digitalisation?
❓Or is it better to think about a coalition of developing countries that would resolve this problem, for example, through BRICS?
Participants in the discussion will try to answer these and other questions.
A link to the live broadcast of the discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.
#Norms_and_Values #digitalisation #technologicalgap #inequality
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❓How can we overcome the digital divide?
❓Should poor countries expect help from rich countries in achieving digitalisation?
❓Or is it better to think about a coalition of developing countries that would resolve this problem, for example, through BRICS?
Participants in the discussion will try to answer these and other questions.
A link to the live broadcast of the discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.
#Norms_and_Values #digitalisation #technologicalgap #inequality
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UPD: The livestream is over. The video of the discussion is available via the same link. Stay tuned!
🎥 LIVE: at 16:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host a discussion dedicated to the technological gap between developed and developing countries, titled “How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future.”
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#Norms_and_Values #digitalisation #technologicalgap #inequality
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🎥 LIVE: at 16:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host a discussion dedicated to the technological gap between developed and developing countries, titled “How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future.”
https://vk.com/video-214192832_456239118
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LIVE: How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future. An Expert Discussion
On September 18 at 16:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host a discussion dedicated to the technological gap between developed and developing countries, titled “How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future.” More: https://valdaiclu…
⛓️💻 How to Overcome Digital Colonialism
On September 18, the Valdai Discussion Club hosted an expert discussion, titled “How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future”, dedicated to the technological gap between developed and developing countries.
💬 Oleg Barabanov, the moderator of the discussion, called digital inequality an extremely important topic and emphasised that this year the BRICS and G20 agenda was largely devoted to it.
💬 Igor Ashmanov, President of Kribrum JSC, Member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, pointed out that the digital divide is often understood as the difference in the access of ordinary users to certain digital technologies. Meanwhile, in his opinion, such access in itself should not be considered an unconditional benefit and the difference in it should not be presented as a key problem. More important, from Ashmanov’s point of view, is another aspect - the stratification between countries, and the lack of technology in developing countries.
💬 Arvind Gupta, Chairman and Co-founder of Digital India Foundation, spoke about India’s experience preventing “digital colonisation”. He emphasised that the Internet was created as a public technology, and not a technology over which only a few select parties should have control. It is important for India that it does not turn into an instrument of influence of certain countries or corporations, as happened at a certain moment. To prevent this from happening in the future, India is creating a public digital infrastructure.
💬 Jacques Sapir, Professor of Economics at the Paris Higher School of Social Sciences (EHESS) and Lomonosov Moscow State University, pointed out that in addition to the digital divide between countries, there is a digital divide inside countries. He noted that often, particularly in France at the moment, increases in the cost of living and decreases in income serve as an obstacle to the spread of digitalisation. Speaking about the gap at the country level, he emphasized the need to develop common rules for the whole world.
💬 Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation at the Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa), returned to the issue of the uneven distribution of science and technology around the world, recognising the serious imbalance between African countries and the rest of the world and the growing digital divide both between and within specific countries. A situation of neo-colonialism is created, when, despite formal sovereignty, state policy in many areas is actually controlled from abroad. To overcome this, he considers it necessary to work more actively at the BRICS+ level.
💬 Radhika Desai,Professor, Faculty of Political Studies, Director of the Geopolitical Economics Research Group, University of Manitoba (Canada), is confident that if current trends continue, the digital divide, which has been on the international agenda since the beginning of the 2000s, will increase. She compared the socio-economic consequences of insufficient access to digital technologies with those of illiteracy in the last century. She believes important aspects of this include providing the world with electricity and industrial development, as well as improving education, without which digital development is impossible.
💬 Konstantin Pantserev, Professor at the Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Faculty of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University, analysed the relationship between the concepts of technological sovereignty and the digital divide. According to him, digital technology was and is perceived by African countries as a key tool for economic development. As a result, almost the entire ICT industry of the continent came under the control of Western businesses.
https://valdaiclub.com/events/posts/articles/how-to-overcome-digital-colonialism/
#Norms_and_Values #digitalisation #technologicalgap #inequality
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On September 18, the Valdai Discussion Club hosted an expert discussion, titled “How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future”, dedicated to the technological gap between developed and developing countries.
💬 Oleg Barabanov, the moderator of the discussion, called digital inequality an extremely important topic and emphasised that this year the BRICS and G20 agenda was largely devoted to it.
💬 Igor Ashmanov, President of Kribrum JSC, Member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, pointed out that the digital divide is often understood as the difference in the access of ordinary users to certain digital technologies. Meanwhile, in his opinion, such access in itself should not be considered an unconditional benefit and the difference in it should not be presented as a key problem. More important, from Ashmanov’s point of view, is another aspect - the stratification between countries, and the lack of technology in developing countries.
💬 Arvind Gupta, Chairman and Co-founder of Digital India Foundation, spoke about India’s experience preventing “digital colonisation”. He emphasised that the Internet was created as a public technology, and not a technology over which only a few select parties should have control. It is important for India that it does not turn into an instrument of influence of certain countries or corporations, as happened at a certain moment. To prevent this from happening in the future, India is creating a public digital infrastructure.
💬 Jacques Sapir, Professor of Economics at the Paris Higher School of Social Sciences (EHESS) and Lomonosov Moscow State University, pointed out that in addition to the digital divide between countries, there is a digital divide inside countries. He noted that often, particularly in France at the moment, increases in the cost of living and decreases in income serve as an obstacle to the spread of digitalisation. Speaking about the gap at the country level, he emphasized the need to develop common rules for the whole world.
💬 Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation at the Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa), returned to the issue of the uneven distribution of science and technology around the world, recognising the serious imbalance between African countries and the rest of the world and the growing digital divide both between and within specific countries. A situation of neo-colonialism is created, when, despite formal sovereignty, state policy in many areas is actually controlled from abroad. To overcome this, he considers it necessary to work more actively at the BRICS+ level.
💬 Radhika Desai,Professor, Faculty of Political Studies, Director of the Geopolitical Economics Research Group, University of Manitoba (Canada), is confident that if current trends continue, the digital divide, which has been on the international agenda since the beginning of the 2000s, will increase. She compared the socio-economic consequences of insufficient access to digital technologies with those of illiteracy in the last century. She believes important aspects of this include providing the world with electricity and industrial development, as well as improving education, without which digital development is impossible.
💬 Konstantin Pantserev, Professor at the Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Faculty of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University, analysed the relationship between the concepts of technological sovereignty and the digital divide. According to him, digital technology was and is perceived by African countries as a key tool for economic development. As a result, almost the entire ICT industry of the continent came under the control of Western businesses.
https://valdaiclub.com/events/posts/articles/how-to-overcome-digital-colonialism/
#Norms_and_Values #digitalisation #technologicalgap #inequality
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💻 In the last few years, we have seen a worldwide pandemic, geopolitical conflicts, supply chain disruptions, and the weaponisation of non-traditional aspects of the economy, especially the digital economy.
The weaponisation of banking systems and digital platforms, systematic cyberattacks, and surveillance using telecommunications hardware has pushed states' digital policymakers and national security leaders to establish a de-risking strategy in order to regain sovereignty over the digital realm.
What we mean by de-risking strategy is developing trust-based partnerships where economic interests, historical linkages, shared values, and the competitive strengths of partners help them secure a resilient domestic digital economy. In these partnerships, we define trust in a broader sense, allowing states to pursue their national interests while ensuring economic security.
The de-risking approach follows the classical international theory of managing and avoiding risks. This phase of the de-risking strategy is transitory, as states would utilise multilateral forums like BRICS+, G20, and SCO to de-escalate these tensions and build on confidence-building measures to balance sovereignty concerns and avoid an AI-led digital arms race, writes Arvind Gupta.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/de-risking-towards-digital-sovereignty/
#Азия_и_Евразия #digitalisation #sovereignty
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The weaponisation of banking systems and digital platforms, systematic cyberattacks, and surveillance using telecommunications hardware has pushed states' digital policymakers and national security leaders to establish a de-risking strategy in order to regain sovereignty over the digital realm.
What we mean by de-risking strategy is developing trust-based partnerships where economic interests, historical linkages, shared values, and the competitive strengths of partners help them secure a resilient domestic digital economy. In these partnerships, we define trust in a broader sense, allowing states to pursue their national interests while ensuring economic security.
The de-risking approach follows the classical international theory of managing and avoiding risks. This phase of the de-risking strategy is transitory, as states would utilise multilateral forums like BRICS+, G20, and SCO to de-escalate these tensions and build on confidence-building measures to balance sovereignty concerns and avoid an AI-led digital arms race, writes Arvind Gupta.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/de-risking-towards-digital-sovereignty/
#Азия_и_Евразия #digitalisation #sovereignty
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De-Risking: Towards Digital Sovereignty
A de-risking strategy is a complex and multifaceted approach that seeks to balance the benefits of self-reliance and interconnectedness. It requires systematic planning, sustainable investment, and international cooperation to navigate the challenges and…