游博翔 You, Bo-Xiang (Cartus)

獲獎人

游博翔  You, Bo-Xiang (Cartus)

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獲獎研究標題

Zoning the Cloud: The Geopolitical Economy of Global Data Governance and
Digital Sovereignty in Taiwan and Singapore

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摘要 

This research examines how the recent appeals to digital sovereignty invoke novel territorial
configurations as well as geopolitical concerns in Taiwan and Singapore. Given that existing literature about digital sovereignty centers on the leading regional great powers, i.e., the U.S.,
EU, and China, there is still a lack of critical investigation into these concepts in other countries
that may hardly develop their own digital ecosystems. Both boosting themselves as the regional “digital hub” in Asia, Taiwan and Singapore have been actively developing their digital economy strategies in response to the evolving frameworks of global data governance.
Despite their shared legacies of state-guided development and advanced high-tech industries,
Taiwan and Singapore have adopted similar yet differentiated approaches to global data protection frameworks due to their different geopolitical situations. This thesis project explores such differences through the alignment between global data governance and local
policies of cloud industries in these two countries. While some are concerned about the potential “balkanization” of the cyberspaces caused by state intervention, I suggest moving beyond the never-fulfilled promise of a borderless digital world and focusing on the changing organization and configuration of cloud geographies from physical infrastructures to layered technical architectures. This way, we may more precisely illustrate the clashes, friction, and integration between local trajectory and global digital governance.