The Web Beneath the Waves: The Fragile Cables That Connect Our World.
The article focuses on the significance of subsea fiber-optic cables in global communication and their role in modern economies. These cables, which connect over 100 coastal states and facilitate more than 98 percent of intercontinental Internet and telecom traffic, are essential for globalization a...
| Publicado en: | Foreign Affairs Vol. 104; no. 6; p. 179 |
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Foreign Affairs
Nov/Dec2025
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