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Geopolitics.
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Helberg, Jacob.
Technology and international relations.
International relations -- 21st century.
Internet and international relations.
Cyberspace -- Political aspects.
Geopolitics.
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The wires of war : technology and the global struggle for power / Jacob Helberg.
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Helberg, Jacob.
Avid Reader Press, 2021.
Call #:
327
.0905
H474w
Subjects
Technology and international relations.
International relations -- 21st century.
Internet and international relations.
Cyberspace -- Political aspects.
Geopolitics.
ISBN:
9781982144432 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Technology and the global struggle for power
Edition:
1st Avid Reader Press hardcover ed.
Description:
xxii, 360 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-347) and index.
Summary:
"From the former news policy lead at Google, an urgent and groundbreaking account of the high-stakes global cyberwar brewing between Western democracies and the autocracies of China and Russia that could potentially crush democracy. From 2016 to 2020, Jacob Helberg led Google's global internal product policy efforts to combat disinformation and foreign interference. During this time, he found himself in the midst of what can only be described as a quickly escalating two-front technology cold war between democracy and autocracy. On the front-end, we're fighting to control the software--applications, news information, social media platforms, and more--of what we see on the screens of our computers, tablets, and phones, a clash which started out primarily with Russia but now increasingly includes China and Iran. Even more ominously, we're also engaged in a hidden back-end battle--largely with China--to control the Internet's hardware, which includes devices like cellular phones, satellites, fiber-optic cables, and 5G networks. This tech-fueled war will shape the world's balance of power for the coming century as autocracies exploit twenty-first-century methods to re-divide the world into twentieth century-style spheres of influence. Helberg cautions that the spoils of this fight are power over every meaningful aspect of our lives, including our economy, our infrastructure, our national security, and ultimately, our national sovereignty. Without a firm partnership with the government, Silicon Valley is unable to protect democracy from the autocrats looking to sabotage it from Beijing to Moscow and Tehran. The stakes of the ongoing cyberwar are no less than our nation's capacity to chart its own future, the freedom of our democratic allies, and even the ability of each of us to control our own fates, Helberg says. And time is quickly running out."--Publisher's website.
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