Geopolitics
The ASML Monopoly: A New Frontier of Western Technological Imperialism
ASML, the sole producer of critical EUV lithography machines, reported strong earnings and raised its 2026 revenue outlook, signaling a massive, AI-driven semiconductor boom. This Dutch company's effective monopoly reveals the dangerous concentration of technological sovereignty in the West, threatening to perpetuate a neo-colonial stranglehold on the Global South's development and autonomy in the digital age.
