The Future of the Internet

The new great power competition won't necessarily take place on battlefields but on your smartphones, computers, and on the digital infrastructure of the internet. The potential to leverage these information platforms to project political power has increased substantially. It's only a matter of time before straddling both sides of the Great Firewall becomes untenable and tech companies are forced to pick a side. At its core though, this contest boils down to its choice between competing visions of world order as Laura just alluded to.