Data & Technology

Examining how technological competition, digital infrastructure, and control over data are shaping the strategic politics of emerging technologies.

Risks and Strategic Responses for Cloud Providers

Cloud providers are no longer competing solely on scale and efficiency, but on their ability to navigate infrastructure geopolitics. Resilience and sovereignty-conscious design are becoming critical sources of advantage.

By Helsinki Geoeconomics Monitor

/ 29 May 2026

Risks and Strategic Responses for Cloud Providers

Data Analysis: Mapping Infrastructure Power

Recent developments in the digital economy point to a measurable shift in how technological power is organised. Two patterns are particularly visible: the rapid expansion of state investment in sovereign

By Helsinki Geoeconomics Monitor

/ 29 May 2026

Data Analysis: Mapping Infrastructure Power

Sovereignty Arbitrage: The Case of Singapore

Singapore’s model of “sovereignty arbitrage” demonstrates how states can maximise agency by navigating, rather than escaping, asymmetric systems of digital interdependence.

By Helsinki Geoeconomics Monitor

/ 29 May 2026

Sovereignty Arbitrage: The Case of Singapore

Infrastructure Geopolitics: The Transformation of the Digital Economy

As states compete over semiconductors, cloud systems, and AI capabilities, technological interdependence is increasingly becoming a terrain of geopolitical power.

By Helsinki Geoeconomics Monitor

/ 4 May 2026

Infrastructure Geopolitics: The Transformation of the Digital Economy