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- ↑ "DISENTANGLING THE DIGITAL BATTLEFIELD: HOW THE INTERNET HAS CHANGED WAR". War on the Rocks. 7 December 2022.
- ↑ Feldstein, Steven (26 July 2022). "Ukraine Won't Save Democracy". Foreign Affairs.
- ↑ "China Is Exporting AI Surveillance Technology to Countries Around the World". Newsweek. 23 April 2019.
- ↑ "Trump, Saudi Arabia and the Khashoggi case: What would Obama have done?". The Conversation. 28 November 2018.
- ↑ "4 Reasons Why Putin's War Has Changed Big Tech Forever". Foreign Policy. 29 March 2022.
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