The geopolitics of digital data

Our digital data production has begun to see unprecedented growth over the past two decades, significantly transforming not only the relationship between states but also between private companies. Think of the growing influence of American technology giants (GAFAM) or the spread of hackers and cybercrime. At the same time, our methods of data collection and analysis used to learn about the world are increasingly highlighting the inability of them to paint a true picture of our world in recent years. The processing of this tangled flood of data today requires the use of new technologies (big data, artificial intelligence) - and these have become tools of power on the international stage. The application of new technologies in general also affects the ways in which our societies are governed politically. Amaël Cattaruzza of France is a doctor of geography, a lecturer at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy (ESM) and a research center at the Écoles de Coëtquidan (CREC), and a member of the GEODE ("Géopolitique de la Datasphére") research and training center. In this book, he outlines a new atlas of the 21st century for us from a geopolitical perspective. Among other things, it highlights how technology-driven dynamics have changed economic competition and what new capabilities depend on our regions to succeed in this open and networked world.