Collaborative Ecosystem Development as en approach to facilitate Digital Strategic Autonomy
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Nation-states are now increasingly recognizing a fundamental challenge: to maintain reasonable control over their critical technology supply chains— including defense, cybersecurity, and semiconductors— they cannot rely solely on industries that include foreign companies or firms with ties to adversarial nations like Russia and China. This shift reflects growing concerns about supply security and the potential risks of technological dependence in an era of heightened international competition. Policymakers worldwide are therefore increasingly prioritizing digital strategic autonomy (the need for both governments and businesses to maintain control over the design, production, supply chains, and use of critical technologies) as a key policy response to current geopolitical tensions. In this paper, we propose a strategic framework for collaborative ecosystem orchestration that strengthens strategic digital autonomy while creating sustainable value for all stakeholders in order to support both policy makers and business makers in navigating the complex trade-offs that lead to increasing strategic digital autonomy.
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