Articles by: "Mercedes Page"
The battle for the internet

Democracies and authoritarian states are battling over the future of the internet in a little-known UN process. The United Nations is conducting a 20-year review of its World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), a …

The 2025 geopolitical calendar

The geopolitical landscape in 2025 is set to be defined by volatility, with the world more fragmented and polarised than ever before. In this complex and interconnected global environment, staying attuned to the key events …

China may be putting the Great Firewall into orbit

The first satellites for China’s ambitious G60 mega-constellation are in orbit in preparation for offering global satellite internet services—and we should worry about how this will help Beijing export its model of digital authoritarianism around …

Governing AI in the global disorder

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that finding consensus on anything in the international system is difficult at the best of times, let alone in this age of geopolitical fracture, ideological contest and ‘permacrisis.’ Yet the …

Welcome to the ‘unhinged’ global order

As the curtains fell on the UN’s annual high-level meetings last week, the world was left with an unsettling message: the international order is crumbling, and no one can agree on what comes next. The …