ERC Advanced Grant · 2022
Mapping Internet Routes for Geopolitics
The Internet has been able to grow and develop very quickly in most countries because of its highly decentralized nature. Its resilience is based on a multiplicity of different paths that allow data to always bypass a blockage or a partial destruction of the network through alternative routes. This model is today called into question by a combination of dynamics. First, we observe a dynamic of fragmentation along national borders, at the initiative of some states who, in the name of national security, seek to restore control over the borders of what they see as their national cyberspace. Second, at a higher level of abstraction, we observe another dynamic, this time guided by market forces:…
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