# Many Sovereignties, One Internet

DevFeed: [Many Sovereignties, One Internet](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/many-sovereignties-one-internet-11445.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://labs.ripe.net/author/hisham_ibrahim/many-sovereignties-one-internet/>)

Author: Hisham Ibrahim

Published: 2026-07-15T07:09:49Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [RIPE Labs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ripe-labs.md>)

Topics: [digital sovereignty](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital-sovereignty.md>), [interoperability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/interoperability.md>), [Resilience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/resilience.md>), [Internet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internet.md>)

Tags: [bgp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bgp.md>), [digital-sovereignty](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-sovereignty.md>), [governance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/governance.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [internet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet.md>), [interoperability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interoperability.md>), [ipv6](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ipv6.md>), [policy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/policy.md>), [resilience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/resilience.md>), [rpki](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rpki.md>), [sovereignty-and-the-commons](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sovereignty-and-the-commons.md>), [standards](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/standards.md>)

## AI overview

The article proposes a "commons test" for evaluating digital sovereignty policies. It distinguishes strategies that expand choice, preserve interoperability, strengthen resilience and support participation from those that create dependencies and chokepoints. It argues that the Internet's technical coordination core should remain globally interoperable and should not be repurposed for broader national policy or political control.

## Source excerpt

Digital sovereignty is not simply good or bad. The commons test offers a practical framework for assessing whether different strategies expand choice, preserve interoperability, strengthen resilience and support meaningful participation, or create new dependencies and chokepoints.