A Future Internet for Democracies: Contesting China's Push for Dominance in 5G, 6G, and the Internet of Everything

Gorman's analysis of the geopolitics of 5G and 6G infrastructure dominance situates the technology standards competition within a broader strategic contest over who shapes the architecture of the global internet. The argument is that Chinese dominance in next-generation telecommunications infrastructure is an information sovereignty question: the entity that controls the infrastructure shapes the conditions under which information — including disinformation — can be produced, distributed, and regulated.

The framework connects infrastructure geopolitics to information environment governance in a way that most FIMI analysis does not. For practitioners thinking about the long-term structural conditions of the information environment, this report provides essential context.