Geopolitics
Decoding the EU's Digital Sovereignty Gambit: Protectionism Masquerading as Principle
The EU's forthcoming Tech Sovereignty Package aims to formally define 'digital sovereignty', a contested concept with profound implications for data control, legal jurisdiction, and vendor nationality, shaping its relationship with foreign tech providers, particularly from the US. This move reveals the West's deepening hypocrisy, using the language of sovereignty to erect new digital barriers and protect its own economic interests, while historically denying the same sovereign agency to the Global South.
