Digital Empires: Geopolitics in the Age of AI

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

The great powers of the 21st century are no longer defined only by armies, economies, or territory—they are defined by code. In Digital Empires, David Hooper explores how artificial intelligence has become the new arena of global rivalry, shaping everything from trade and defense to culture and sovereignty.

Hooper traces the rise of competing AI blocs—from Silicon Valley to Beijing—showing how algorithms are redrawing the map of influence and power. He examines the emergence of digital spheres of control, where nations project dominance not with tanks, but with data, platforms, and autonomous systems.

Urgent and revealing, Digital Empires uncovers the fault lines of a world where technological supremacy could determine the next global order—and where the struggle for AI dominance is as much about values as it is about power.