The outcome of the Ukraine war will depend on Ukrainian blood and American communications tech, said David Ignatius, a German Marshall Fund board member.
Ignatius spoke at a fund discussion on the “Foreign Policy of Technology”, along with diplomat and former U.S. Marine officer Nate Fick.
Ukraine is just one of many areas where technology may decide the victors, Fick and Ignatius agreed.
But today, the contours of digital space favor America’s enemies, they said.
A Russian drone—which local authorities consider to be an Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Shahed-136—during an attack on Ukraine, on Oct. 17, 2022. (Roman Petushkov/Reuters)
“[America’s internet policy] has ended up empowering the governments that control information like China and Russia, which squeeze their citizens more and has made life harder for the countries that have open information,” Ignatius said….