Technology Sanctions and India Russia Strategic Resilience in the Digital Age

Abstract

The slow but steady rise in use of technology sanctions in the contemporary political scenario is changing strategic policies across the world and making possible the rise of digital politics. The subject matter of research in this case is the influence of the global technology sanctions on the strategic cooperation between India and Russia in the era of digitalization, specifically cyber security, artificial intelligence, semiconductors and digital infrastructure. This paper analyzes the nature of the strategic and technological resilience of India and Russia amidst increased west-led technology sanctions. Using a qualitative and analytic method of secondary source analysis, the paper discusses the geopolitics and economics of the consequences of the disruptive effect of technology sanctions on their cooperation and digital politics in general. It concludes that India-Russia cooperation is becoming deeper as a result of alternative technological cooperation, new financial instruments of transactions and innovations to reduce dependence on western technological systems.