Geopolitics
Digital Crossroads in South Asia: Sovereignty, Standards, and the Shadow of Neo-Colonialism
South Asian nations like Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka are diverging in their choices for building national digital identity, payment, and health-data systems, with India's Aadhaar and UPI serving as a major but contested reference point. This critical lack of coordinated regional strategy among Global South nations plays right into the hands of Western donors and tech vendors who benefit from fragmentation, undermining our collective technological sovereignty and self-determination.
