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<p class="gmail-p1">Dear colleagues,</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">Pleased to share my latest essay with <i>Internet Policy Review</i>:</p>
<p class="gmail-p3"><b>\u201cThe Internet\u2019s Inevitable Nationalist Turn.\u201d</b><b></b></p>
<p class="gmail-p1"><a href="https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/internets-inevitable-nationalist-turn">https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/internets-inevitable-nationalist-turn </a></p>
<p class="gmail-p1">The piece argues that digital sovereignty is not a stable end-state but a <span class="gmail-s1"><b>paradoxical project</b></span>\u2014one that seeks autonomy yet fragments the relational fabric of the internet.</p><p class="gmail-p1">Among its sharper implications:</p><p class="gmail-p3"><span class="gmail-s2"></span></p><p class="gmail-p1">
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<p class="gmail-p1">The internet has turned into a <span class="gmail-s1"><b>state of exception</b></span>: <i>what was once an anomaly is now the operating logic</i>.</p>
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<p class="gmail-p1">The <span class="gmail-s1"><b>freedom/security duality</b></span> is sharper than ever: <i>in times of cyber conflict, the very traits that made the internet flexible and open become military vulnerabilities</i>.</p>
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<p class="gmail-p1">Iran stands as a <span class="gmail-s1"><b>laboratory of digital tragedy</b></span>: <i>sanctions and cyberattacks push it toward gray equipment and network isolation, yet that very isolation deepens fragility</i>.</p>
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<p class="gmail-p1">At a moment when many in our field hesitate to write about these painful dynamics, this essay is a modest attempt to honor the urgency of what is unfolding.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">I would be very glad to hear your thoughts.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">Warm regards,<br>Imad</p></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Avenir,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:justify">____</span><br></p><p style="color:rgb(136,136,136);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/imadpayande/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Imad Payande</a></p><p style="color:rgb(136,136,136);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"></p><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>