Fiberoptiska sjökablar - Skyddad allmännytta eller potentiellt maktinstrument vid konflikt?
(2023) STVU15 20231Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- One of today’s most valuable trade routes consists of digital submarine cables trafficking the seabed of the oceans. Our modern society depends on fast and secure digital connections for economic transactions, government for vital functions and military communication. This has become an arena for competition and an instrument for geopolitical power used by great powers such as USA and China. The global market of today depends on digital submarine cables, this makes them a critical vulnerability and therefor also to a potential military target in case of a conflict. This study compares the two IR-theories neoliberalism and neorealism with a competitive analysis in order to show which has the best explanatory power for the development within... (More)
- One of today’s most valuable trade routes consists of digital submarine cables trafficking the seabed of the oceans. Our modern society depends on fast and secure digital connections for economic transactions, government for vital functions and military communication. This has become an arena for competition and an instrument for geopolitical power used by great powers such as USA and China. The global market of today depends on digital submarine cables, this makes them a critical vulnerability and therefor also to a potential military target in case of a conflict. This study compares the two IR-theories neoliberalism and neorealism with a competitive analysis in order to show which has the best explanatory power for the development within the area of digital submarine cables. The study examine how USA and China as states are acting within the government of digital cables and what role international institutions have. Are digital cables treated as an instrument for geopolitical power or as a digital common for the globalized market? (Less)
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- author
- Lindén, Peter LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVU15 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Digital infrastruktur, sjökablar, internationella relationer, neoliberalism, neorealism
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9113985
- date added to LUP
- 2023-05-25 11:28:14
- date last changed
- 2023-05-25 11:28:14
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