Most countries in the Global South don’t build their own satellites, so they rely on someone else’s. That dependency used to be purely commercial, involving buying imagery, renting bandwidth, and using a navigation signal much like any other utility. It has since become strategic as well, because whoever controls the satellite also controls who gets the data, when, and on what terms, including during a crisis. India’s pitch to its Indian Ocean neighbours is that it can offer that same capability without the strings China attaches or the leverage the West holds. This roundtable will…

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