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In the context of digital transformation, issues of sovereignty, governance, and power over data have become central to contemporary policy debates. The global data economy expanding rapidly in scale and influence has reconfigured relationships among states, corporations, and citizens. As AI, Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, and platform-based economic models shape political and economic structures, governments face growing challenges in asserting authority over data flows, safeguarding individual rights, and preserving technological autonomy within an interconnected global environment. Digital sovereignty emerges as a critical concept yet remains contested and multifaceted. For some nations, it represents economic protectionism and technological self-sufficiency, and for others it embodies democratic values, human rights, and resistance to surveillance capitalism. Meanwhile, contemporary data governance frameworks reveal divergent approaches to balancing innovation, security, privacy, and economic development across different regulatory contexts. Digital Sovereignty in the Global Data Economy: Rights, Regulation, and Resistance explores the convergence of digital sovereignty and data governance. It examines diverse perspectives, comparative analyses across governance contexts, and critical examinations of power asymmetries within the global data economy. This book covers topics such as global business, data governance, and geopolitics, and is a useful resource for business owners, policymakers, academicians, researchers, and data scientists.

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Muhammad Anshari is a researcher at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Dr. Mohammad Nabil Almunawar is currently an associate professor at the School of Business and Economics, Universiti of Brunei Darussalam (UBDSBE), Brunei Darussalam. Hwe wasthe former dean of UBDSBE. He received his bachelor's degree in 1983 from Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia, master's degree (MSc) from the Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada in 1991, and Ph.D in Computer Science/Information Systems from the University of New South Wales in 1998. Dr. Almunawar has published more than 100 papers in refereed journals, books, book chapters, encyclopedias, and international conference proceedings. He has more than 30 years of teaching experience in the area of information systems. His overall research interests include applications of IT in management, e-business/commerce, digital marketplace/platform, digital business ecosystem, health informatics, information security, and cloud computing. Currently, he focuses his research on digital transformation, digital marketplace, digital platform, and digital business ecosystem.

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