Volume III · Managed Decline
The Digital Empire
Research preview · manuscript under review
Studies fiber networks, cloud platforms, and data infrastructure as material foundations of contemporary economic and geopolitical influence.
Research programme: Siddhartha Harsh Wardhan · Preview updated
The research question
Who controls the infrastructure on which digital participation depends?
How it connects to Volume III
Connects fiber, cloud platforms and data infrastructure to ownership, access and economic influence.
Evidence and limits
Distinguish physical ownership, operational control, market concentration and jurisdiction. Infrastructure maps alone do not establish coercion or political intent.
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