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The Redmond doctrine

Lessons from Microsoft’s corporate foreign policy

IS MICROSOFT A digital nation and does it have a secretary of state? The answer of Brad Smith, the software giant’s top lawyer, is, well, diplomatic. Nation states are run by governments and firms need to be accountable to them, he says. But yes, he admits, he worries a lot about geopolitics these days.

This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “The Redmond doctrine”

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