L’Asie du Sud-Est, nouveau centre de gravité des câbles sous-marins

In the physical World Wild Web, now made up of more than 500 submarine communication cables, Southeast Asia plays a key role in data exchange, whether at the regional level or beyond the continent, toward North America and Europe. While the American Internet giants have been helping to relaunch cable projects on the Transpacific road since 2011, Southeast Asia is also the subject of new Beijing-developed infrastructure projects within the framework of the BRI strategy, contributing in making this region a theatre of Sino-American rivalry. By studying the evolution of regional connectivity, we analyse what the current changes reveal about the future place of this geographical space in the world’s digital scene. As an attractive region, giving rise to both new economic prospects and geopolitical tensions, Southeast Asia could thus become a new centre of gravity in digital networks

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