Geoffrey Hoffman is a cyberpolitics researcher based in New York. He holds Master’s degrees from Columbia University and Tsinghua University.
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A Clash of Cyber Civilizations
There has been little need for the term “cyber sovereignty” among democratic states: the Internet, by its nature, operates under an aegis of freedom and cooperation. However, as the international system slips away from American unipolarity, a...