Digital and Technological Sovereignty of Emerging Powers with Some Industrial Capabilities: Russia's Cooperation with the Global South Since the Beginning of its War Against Ukraine

• In Event: Digital Sovereignty in the Time of War

Abstract

Since the attack on Ukraine and the ensuing sanctions, Russia has strengthened existing alliances and sought new ones in the Global South. At the same time, Russia continues to acquire Western technologies through so-called parallel imports - the import of sanctioned goods through third countries such as Kazakhstan, China, Turkey, etc. - and relies on open source technologies. The aim of this paper is to examine the interplay between the promotion of "technological sovereignty" in Russia and its search for cooperation partners in the Global South. It argues that technological sovereignty, despite its association with autarky, is necessarily relational.

Author

• Ewa Aleksandra Dabrowska, Freie U Berlin (Germany)