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June 17, 2026

Braw in Financial Times on the threat of private subsea cables

By Elisabeth Braw

On June 17, Transatlantic Security Initiative senior fellow Elisabeth Braw published an article in Financial Times on how American hyperscalers are creating a national security risk for other countries be building their own subsea cables.

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