arunmsukumar's profile picture. Assistant Professor, Ashoka University. Previously @UniLeiden and @TheHagueProgram

Arun Sukumar

@arunmsukumar

Assistant Professor, Ashoka University. Previously @UniLeiden and @TheHagueProgram

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Tech’s ‘Sovereignty Washing’ in Europe Will Ripple in the Global South - my essay for Lawfare on the hyperscalers’ “sovereign cloud” offerings

arunmsukumar's tweet image. Tech’s ‘Sovereignty Washing’ in Europe Will Ripple in the Global South - my essay for Lawfare on the hyperscalers’ “sovereign cloud” offerings

The 2025 BRICS declaration -- thanks largely to Brazil's diplomacy -- spoke of the need to "avoid Internet fragmentation". The Global South's impulse to keep networks open is undermined by hyperscalers' sovereignty cloud offerings, I argue in this Lawfare essay.

Microsoft, Amazon, and Google have all reintroduced “sovereignty cloud” offerings in response to increased European desire for digital sovereignty from the U.S. @arunmsukumar explores how these cloud offerings could have negative consequences for the Global South.

lawfare's tweet image. Microsoft, Amazon, and Google have all reintroduced “sovereignty cloud” offerings in response to increased European desire for digital sovereignty from the U.S. @arunmsukumar explores how these cloud offerings could have negative consequences for the Global South.


Athera Venture Partners’ latest newsletter has a fabulous account of the origins of Indian venture capital - and a shout-out to Midnight’s Machines athera.substack.com/p/june-2025-at…


I try not to vent here but - the past tense of “cost” when used as an active verb is “cost”, not “costed”. Way too many of us use this incorrectly in our daily lives.

arunmsukumar's tweet image. I try not to vent here but - the past tense of “cost” when used as an active verb is “cost”, not “costed”. Way too many of us use this incorrectly in our daily lives.

Thanks @EUCyberDirect for the shout out!

🧭Big Tech companies have a growing influence in shaping geoeconomic policies This article introduces the concept of Digital Corporate Autonomy and explores how private companies exercise it by leveraging their infrastructural power📈 📄Read it here: eucyberdirect.eu/research/digit…

EUCyberDirect's tweet image. 🧭Big Tech companies have a growing influence in shaping geoeconomic policies

This article introduces the concept of Digital Corporate Autonomy and explores how private companies exercise it by leveraging their infrastructural power📈

📄Read it here: eucyberdirect.eu/research/digit…


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