Digital Empires: How Geopolitics Shapes the Global Data Order

"We are already more dependent on US digital services, such as Microsoft and OpenAI, than we were ever dependent on Russian energy and we’ve seen the risks of that.”  The most powerful empires were previously built by armies and borders. Now empires are backed by algorithms, data and cloud servers. There is a new story unfolding with every click and scroll. Data is flowing beneath our fingertips to fuel a new form of “Digital Empires”.  In this episode of Yours Lawfully, Hans Diels, a geopolitical expert and futurist joins us to uncover the proliferation of digital empires and how the battle of data is redefining conflict in the 21st century.  Governments and BigTech compete to control systems that underpin modern life. The conversations are shifting from who controls territory to who controls data, because whoever controls data doesn’t just influence the future … they define it.  Join us as we unpack the implications of the empires rising behind our screens and the hidden architecture of digital dominance. What does this shift mean for the future of sovereignty, independence and the global order?