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'An obligatory read for anyone who wants to understand the new forces shaping the future.' Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer-prize winning, New York Times bestselling author of Autocracy, Inc. and Twilight of Democracy.

'Couldn't be more timely. Mixes story-telling and analysis to illuminate the new technological arms race.' Peter Pomerantsev author of Nothing is True and Everything is Possible

When it comes to global dominance, military technology has always been a major geopolitical driver. For decades, the West set the rules on innovation using soft power and government funding to develop its own exclusive cutting-edge defensive capabilities. But in the digital era, the breakthroughs - be it AI systems and autonomous drones, satellite internet or advanced semiconductors - are coming from private companies, not government labs.

In Bytes and Bullets, Steve Feldstein explains how technology is transforming geopolitics, upending the ways that countries compete, and how they wage war. Through captivating stories and original field research, he shows how the West's dominance is being undercut at every turn by a combination of commercialization, authoritarian convergence led by China and Russia, and the emergence of new regional powers hungry for more influence.

A new tech cold war is coming into focus fast and restrictions and sanctions are no longer enough to maintain international stability. Feldstein reports from its front line in this rich and at times alarming account of this pivotal moment in history, making an urgent call for the West to act now, or risk losing its international standing forever.

Critics Review

'Couldn't be more timely. Mixes story-telling and analysis to illuminate the new technological arms race.'
author of Nothing is True and Everything is Possible
'From the battlefields of Ukraine and the board rooms of Silicon Valley to research labs in Shenzhen, Bytes and Bullets illuminates the profound transformation of a world fast adapting its geopolitical strategies and governance paradigms to new forms of artificial intelligence and algorithmic decision-making. Feldstein delivers a panoramic and cogent account of the characters, innovations, and states big and small that are reshaping technology, geopolitics, and international security. The consequences for American power and global relationships are still unfolding - and the choices ahead for policymakers and the public depend on the clear and compelling analysis this book delivers.'
President Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
'Steve Feldstein is one of the world's foremost experts on democracy, war, and the digital revolution. In this urgent and incisive book, he weaves together cutting-edge research with a sophisticated understanding of the forces reshaping international politics. At once timely and destined to become an obligatory reference, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to make sense of the new world taking shape around us.'
Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
'We hear a great deal about weaponized interdependence and the technological arms race, but this desperately needs to be corralled together into an accessible book with a coherent central thesis. Steve Feldstein is a seriously talented and clear-headed thinker and he is the right man-given his connections, access and expertise-to write it.'
War Studies professor at Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, and co-author of Radical War
'Steve Feldstein is a leading authority on the intersection of technology and governance. While tech is reshaping power in ways we barely understand, Steve's work cuts through the noise to highlight what we need to know. His work on digital repression and global politics challenges conventional thinking and offers new perspectives on critical issues.'
Political Science professor at University of Toronto and author of Aftershocks
'The placid reveries of these last few decades are about to be shattered by a new era of global conflict-one defined by a profusion of technologies even their creators don't fully understand. Steve Feldstein is among the guides I trust most in this uncertain landscape. He's the rare analyst with the breadth of knowledge, variety of experience, and clarity of vision to help the rest of us navigate the furious change that awaits.'
Senior Wall Street Journal Correspondent, and co-author of Surveillance State
'In Bytes and Bullets, Steven Feldstein uses stories from Ukraine, the Middle East, Silicon Valley, and Beijing to explain one of the most important shifts in our time: The technologies that are rapidly reshaping warfare, geopolitics and economic competition. An obligatory read for anyone who wants to understand the new forces shaping the future.'
Pulitzer-prize winning, New York Times bestselling author of Autocracy, Inc. and Twilight of Democracy.
'Unmissable. Steven is a deep and original thinker on the security consequences of AI, one of the most transformative technologies of our time.'
Director of AI and geopolitics at Cambridge and author of AI Needs You
'Bytes and Bullets provides a comprehensive overview of the ways in which technological innovation has become the core of strategic competition today, and in particular how China's pursuit of key technologies puts American security at risk. Highly recommended as a guide to the new world of geopolitics.'
Senior Fellow, Stanford University
'Bytes and Bullets is the best book I've read on the intersection between emerging technologies and geopolitical competition in the 21st century. Deploying clear prose and precise arguments, Feldstein jumps effortlessly from the details of drones and rockets in the latest Armenian-Azerbaijan war to sweeping yet digestible assessments of the technological dimensions of great power competition. Feldstein synthesizes analysis of governments and private companies, superpowers and middle powers, and technology and warfare in such a masterful way that Bytes and Bullets should be a must-read for anyone concerned about or trying to shape international politics today.'
author of Autocrats vs Democrats: China, Russia, America and the New Global Disorder
Author Steve Feldstein
Duration 10 hours
Release Date
ISBN 9781800962903
Format Audiobook
Publisher Octopus
Genre Geopolitics, Military history, Ordnance, weapons technology
Availability AU, GB, IE

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