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Starlink Has Privatized Geopolitics

  • Robert Muggah and Misha Glenny--Foreign Policy
  • published date: 2026-03-20 18:40:34 UTC

From Ukraine to Iran, Elon Musk’s service has become an arbiter of foreign policy.

Starlink is far more than a commercial connectivity service. It is strategic infrastructure that increasingly shapes how wars are fought, how states manage internal unrest, and how criminal networks … [+15006 chars]