Issue Watch point: infrastructure owners withhold essential services as bargaining leverage
Summary
The story's second watch point turns ownership into a bargaining instrument. Private holders of communications technology and infrastructure could cut off the services that others depend on, using the cutoff as leverage in a conflict or a negotiation.
Classification
Main topicDigital Infrastructure & Cyber
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon4-10 years (2026-07-26)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 1
- Exploring Change in Geotechnomics Policy Horizons Canada page=7;section=1 New players / In the future 2025 accessed 2026-07-26
Constituent trends 1
Directly linked signals 0
No objects.
Relation types: constitutes
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